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…
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…
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…
High Fidelity – Banjo Player’s Blues (Rebel Records, 2020) High Fidelity is a bluegrass band deeply influenced by the classic sounds of the 1950s. Their…
A new book titled ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’ (University of Illinois Press, 2020) by Lydia R. Hamessley is now available. The book…
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced yesterday, October 1, 2020, the winners of the 2020 International Bluegrass Music Awards. The Awards are voted on…
Steep Canyon Rangers and Asheville Symphony – Be Still Moses (Yep Roc Records, 2020) Asheville-based Steep Canyon Rangers, one of the leading contemporary bluegrass bands…
Mandolinist Mark Stoffel has released a video for “Shadowbands,” a musical piece inspired by 2017’s solar eclipse. The track includes Stoffel accompanied by Gina Furtado…
Mark Stoffel was born in Munich, Germany. In 1979, as a teenager he was given mandolin for Christmas. Stoffel fell in love with bluegrass music…
Mandolinist, vocalist, fiddler and composer Nate Lee was born in Ovilla, Texas. He is an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award-winning instrumentalist and distinguished teacher…