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Todd Taylor, the South Carolina banjo man in black, is back with a new video, this time covering a Flatt & Scruggs classic, Foggy Mountain Rock. This is one that was written by Josh Graves, the pioneering reso-guitar player with The

What...? Isn't it a bit soon to be talking about World of Bluegrass 2026? Wasn't it just held last month in Chattanooga? Well, yes, and yes. But the International Bluegrass Music Association has just opened applications for their IBMA International Band

If we were to tell you that The Steep Canyon Rangers were circling the drain, well... you wouldn't think anything good. Circling The Drain is the title of the celebrated Asheville, NC band's latest single, with no negative connotation whatsoever either

The Music We Call Country, a one-hour documentary film about the earliest days of commercial country music, is now available for streaming or purchase from Amazon Prime. Produced by Marshall Hunter and Noble Giant Films, the documentary traces what we would

My Cabin in Caroline was the first song recorded by Flatt & Scruggs after they left Bill Monroe and formed their own band in 1948. Though the tune is credited to Lester Flatt, it was written by John Ralph Pennington

From Birmingham, AL comes Mountain Grass Unit, a fresh and highly-talented young bluegrass/jamgrass quartet. They have earned a fine reputation and a legion of new fans through extensive touring this year, though the four have been friends for years. Drury Anderson

The sixth annual Monroe Style Tune Writing Contest is underway, presented by Noya Mountain Music, The Murphy Method, and the Monroe Mandolin Camp. Designed to ensure that new instrumental music of the sort written by Bill Monroe during his lifetime continues

Greg Blake, the reigning IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year for 2025, has released a music video for his latest Turnberry Records single, Nora McNally. The song was written by Milan Miller, and exhibits a decided Irish flair, accentuated in the

The life of recent Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee Arnold Shultz is memorialized by Nashville singer and songwriter LaTresa Smith, who has written and recorded a song in his honor. Shultz was a major influence on a young Bill

Thoroughbred Records and Chosen Road have released a live performance video today of their current single, Daddy Was A Navy Man, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the US Navy. October 13, 1775 is marked as the official birth