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Volume Five may have started at a jam session when it first formed in 2008, but in the years since, they've gone on to win some of the most prestigious honors and accolades in all of today's music environs —

New Mountain Heritage at the 2025 Brown County Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 2025 Brown County Bluegrass Festival stage show kicked off Thursday afternoon in Ohio. Promoters Allen Dyer and Edgar Loudermilk greeted the crowd. Luke and Lucy Lindblom

Marcia Bailey and Terri Grannis at the 2025 Brown County Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Tuesday and Wednesday are relaxed fun days for the early campers at the Brown County Bluegrass Festival, held in Georgetown, Ohio. Edgar Loudermilk has partnered

Family bands have been a hallmark of bluegrass music for generations, its communal aspect bringing siblings and parents closer together through music, and giving audiences a wholesome, enjoyable experience. One family group relatively new to the bluegrass world is the

Kody Norris Show on the 2025 Danny Stewart Bluegrass Cruise - photo © Sandy Hatley It only happens once every five years, but this was the year for Danny Stewart's 7-day Alaskan Bluegrass Cruise. Over 350 fans and musicians traveled to

David Parmley Band at the 2025 North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 2025 edition of the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival has come to a close. Lorraine Jordan, Allen Dyer, Edgar Loudermilk, and all of their

Their unusual name aside, Western Montana band Release the Squirrels display an extraordinary amount of skill and savvy their first time out of the box. They may be a rookie band, but they share an old school sound that offers

The Grascals at the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren One of the ongoing effects of hurricane Helene is the destruction of the festival venue in Marion, North Carolina. It was the site of the North Carolina

Lonesome River Band at the 2025 Osborne Brothers Festival - photo © Roger Black Gospel night kicked off the 32nd annual Osborne Brothers Hometown Festival on Wednesday, August 6.  Dean Osborne led the opening ceremonies and introduced the Yerkes Singers for

From singing on stage with the late Melvin Goins at age seven to being named Kentucky colonel in 2017, Dreyden Gordon has already amassed a wealth of experience in his life journey. Though hardly out of his teens, the Grayson,