Bluegrass News

Preparations are underway for the 3rd Annual John Hartford Memorial Festival being held in the hills of southern Indiana at the Official Bean Blossom & Bill Monroe Music Park in beautiful Brown County, May 30-June 1. This is the third of what the festival's creator, John Hotze, and co-promoter, Dan Dillman, hope to see as an event to preserve the ... (more)

Well. Today happens to be the birthday of Nashvillian American Idol finalist Kree Harrison.

Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass brings championship barbecue and world-class bluegrass music to downtown Sevierville at 5 p.m.-10 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

Earlier this year, IBMA's most awarded male vocalist, Russell Moore, had a scary experience.

Email: smccauley@mondotunes.com Website: http://www.mondotunes.com The singer-songwriter known as Fiona O'Shea has released her newest EP record, titled, 'Rose,' to emphatic, widespread critical and fan acclaim.

Logan native Landau Murphy Jr. will receive the 2013 Spirit Award from the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame this fall.

This World Oft Can Be , Della Mae's Rounder debut, shows that like The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, and Punch Brothers, the five multitalented young women of Della Mae are respectful of American musical tradition, but not restricted by it, combining centuries' worth of musical influences with an emotionally tough, undeniably modern songwriting ... (more)

The Music Barn, 18 Station Road, Sackville is ready to host another season beginning on May 25.

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame has announced its fifth class of inductees, who will be honored in a ceremony Nov.

Willis, VA -- The unique and entertaining musical journey of The Expedition Show is at the forefront with the release of their new Mountain Fever Records album Stormy Horizons .

It's already been quite a year for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals , and their upcoming tour itinerary finds the band sharing the stage with rock 'n' roll legends Robert Plant and The Allman Brothers Band, along with modern stars The Avett Brothers and Dave Matthews Band.

GULF SHORES, Alabama -- As Hangout Music Fest founder Shaul Zislin said last week , one of the best parts of attending a music festival is discovering a new artist, one you had no idea existed, and completely falling in love with their sound.

You had to know this was coming. Colorado bluegrass act Yonder Mountain String Band will play Nitefall on the River Aug.

In a bid to develop ideas for the future of the landmark building, a community project, Gate 81 took place at the Preston landmark, allowing architects, artists, producers and academics to speak about subjects closely connected with the Bus Station.

She has received the Country Song of the Year Award by Strictly Country Magazine, two IBMA nominations for her work on "The All-Star Jam Live at Graves Mountain", received a SPBGMA Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year, appeared on the cover of Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine, and more.

There's something endearing, old-timey and almost vaudevillian about Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale - even the way they bill themselves as "Buddy and Jim." Both veteran musicians are in love with country music in all its many forms and influences; their music incorporates the blues and bluegrass, rock 'n' roll and a good deal of craft.

Williamsburg's Bruce Hornsby hasn't been a stranger to local audiences recently.

From Dultuh, Minnesota, Trampled By Turtles play acoustic music; folk and bluegrass with a strong singer-songwriter sensibility.

Time is flying and it is ever closer to ICMC 2013! The International Country Music Conference is pleased to announce that Dave Sichak of hillbilly-music.com fame will be presenting "The Southern California Hillbilly Music Scene In The 1940s and 1950s: Negatives That Positively Need To Tell A Story." Sichak indicates that "a musician of the era with ... (more)

This June, New York City will be host to one of the few mainstream music festivals to actually come to the metro area when The Governors Ball Music Festival takes over Randall's Island on June 7th, 8th and 9th .