The IBMA Foundation has opened sales for their 2023 Strings for Dreams raffle, with proceeds benefitting the work of the Foundation to provide educational opportunities related to bluegrass music. This year two valuable prizes are on offer to winners. First up,
Toronto's Slocan Ramblers have been getting noticed increasingly this past few years for their fresh take on contemporary bluegrass. They were named Momentum Band of the Year by the IBMA in 2020, not long after receiving a Juno nomination the
MerleFest has some big news to announce as they celebrate their 35th year in 2023, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doc Watson, who launched the festival in 1988 in memory of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, who
David Akeman, better known as "Stringbean," was a beloved member of the country music community who found nationwide fame as a cast member of Hee Haw TV show. But long before television found him, Stringbean was a popular entertainer on the
This report is a contribution from Skip Tucker of Birmingham, AL The legendary Birmingham bluegrass show band, Three on a String, wore tuxedos on stage for the first time in its storied half-century career. It had to. They were inducted over
Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week from East Nash Grass, a group of first call Nashville superpickers who have gone from being Music City's favorite hometown bluegrass band, to an act appreciated by folks all over the
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have released a music video for their latest single with Billy Blue Records, the gospel classic, Jordan. The song has been recorded a number of times in bluegrass, including by The Stanley Brothers, but many folks think
The Bobby Maynard Family Band from Huntington, WV was named Best Bluegrass Band earlier this month at the 2023 Appalachian Arts & Entertainment Awards, held March 18 at The MACC in Prestonburg, KY. The "Appys" celebrate a wide variety of arts
Last month we shared the news that Pinecastle Records had signed former preteen singing sensation Billy Gilman, and plan to release his debut bluegrass album this year. After achieving success in the country and pop music worlds, including a pair
Tim Graves is a pretty happy guy these days. The current edition of the Nashville reso-guitar man's band, The Farm Hands, is as good as any he has had on the road this past dozen years, with Don Wayne Reno
