The Boston Bluegrass Union, responsible for promoting bluegrass music throughout the wide-ranging Boston area, as well as putting on the beloved Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, has announced the renaming of their annual awards. Long known as the BBU Heritage Awards, their
Cindy Baucom has been a popular figure i n the bluegrass world for some time. Serving as the host of the syndicated weekly radio program, Knee Deep in Bluegrass, she reaches music lovers all over the country with new and
The Southeast Michigan Bluegrass Music Association is pleased to announce the establishment of the Tim Ellis Memorial Banjo Scholarship in partnership with the Ellis family. Tim's daughter expressed the desire and need for this scholarship far better than I could.
We don't get something new from Rebecca Frazier very often, but when we do, it's worth the wait. The Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and flatpick guitarist has just released a music video for the song Hurricanes, which closes her current album, Boarding
The 615 Hideaway in Nashville has released a number of new video podcasts featuring some highly-recognizable bluegrass artists. These are in addition to the many live performance videos hosted on the site. First up is one hosted by Jeff Parker, surely
Tony Trischka - photo © Gregory Heisler Down The Road Records has a new single for veteran banjo trendsetter Tony Trischka, recorded with The Steeldrivers. As you might guess from the choice of the 'Drivers to accompany him, Tony has picked out
The International Bluegrass Music Association is holding an auction to benefit the IBMA Kids on Bluegrass program, which offers young bluegrass musicians, aged 4-17, the opportunity to create and perform music together during the annual World of Bluegrass convention. There
The Kody Norris Show has just released a highly entertaining music video for Waitress, Waitress, their grassed-up arrangement of this Little Jimmy Dickens classic from the 1950s, written by hall of famer Boudleaux Bryant. Kody recorded this one on their
The 54th running of the Grand Master Fiddler Championship took place over this past weekend at the Factory in Franklin, just south of Nashville, TN. This is an extremely prestigious competition, a true testing ground for fiddlers of all ages. The
Last week when we posted the Josie Awards winners in the bluegrass realm, we missed that Nu-Blu picked up a win in the Music Video of the Year Performance Focused Duo/Group category for The Will. The song had appeared on
