North Carolina band Acoustic Syndicate has been making a unique mix of bluegrass instruments, rock sensibilities, and conscious songwriting since 1992. Their style is sometimes…
Artist Profiles: Acoustic Syndicate
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American Roots Sensation Watchhouse Releases “New Star” Music Video
American roots music band Watchhouse, the superb reincarnation of the great Mandolin Orange, has shared the single “New Star.” The video was directed by Amelia…
Mandolin Orange Becomes Watchhouse and Unveils First Video
Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz have released their first video under the name Watchhouse. The duo who over the past decade have achieved grassroots success…
Artist Profiles: Jon Stickley Trio
Jon Stickley Trio is a genre-defying and cinematic instrumental group based in Asheville, North Carolina. The trio incorporates deep grooves, innovative flatpicking guitar, and spacey…
Kentucky State Fiddle Championship 2021 Results Revealed
On Saturday, March 20th, 2021 the Kentucky State Fiddle Championship took place at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky. Nearly…
Musician and Songwriter Billy Strings Wins Best Bluegrass Album at 2021 Grammy Awards
Celebrated singer-songwriter and musician Billy Strings won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for his record, Home (Rounder Records). Strings will perform…
GrassRoots Live! at Shakori Hills 2021
Shakori Hills festival organizers have announced GrassRoots Live! at Shakori Hills: an intimate, Pod-based, socially-distanced, limited capacity series of one night concerts on the Meadow…
Bluegrass Music Update February 2021
Industrial Strength Bluegrass Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Heritage (Smithsonian Folkways) is a new book (University of Illinois Press) and a soon-to-be-released new recording…
Artist Profiles: Anya Hinkle
Vocalist, guitarist, and fiddler Anya Hinkle was born in southwestern Virginia and currently lives in Asheville, western North Carolina. She is deeply inspired by the…
Prominent Bluegrass Virtuoso Tony Rice Dies at 69
American guitar maestro Tony Rice passed away on December 25, 2020. Rice was one of the finest bluegrass guitars players and was a member of…