With a new album just a few weeks away, The Grascals have dropped a music video for the opening track, Tennessee Hound Dog, a staple of The Osborne Brothers for many years. Written by legendary Nashville songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who also gave Sonny and Bobby hits like Rocky Top, Muddy Bottom, and Georgia […] The post Tennessee Hound Dog video from The Grascals appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Our promotions team has announced the winners of the Picky in Parsons video contest, to award free tickets to the big Pickin’ in Parsons Bluegrass Festival in West Virginia next weekend. First prize goes to Latasha Midcap from Evans, WV, who made up and sang a Picky People Passionate About Pickin’ Prefer Pickin’ in Parsons […] The post Picky in Parsons contest winners! appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Rob McCoury at the 2024 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival – photo © Tara Linhardt By Friday morning the whole community of Grey Fox is up and running with the campground neighborhoods, options for morning meditation class, yoga class taught by Jill Alix, and then a full day of multiple stages with all sorts of great […] The post Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival – 2024 Friday report appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Nashville singer/songwriter Jason Broyles has released a music video for a track from his upcoming bluegrass EP, Old Rudy Road, due later this year. He’s been dropping a new single every six weeks, and this one, Strawberry Hill, was actually the first earlier in 2024. Now we have the music video as well. Jason’s music […] The post Strawberry Hill video from Jason Broyles appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Largely known as a so-called “progressive bluegrass band,” The Infamous Stringdusters can take credit for being among a new crop of artists and ensembles that have spawned their music from a traditional template and, in turn, reaped the rewards that accompany popular appeal.  Like fellow travelers, Leftover Salmon, Trampled By Turtles, Yonder Mountain String Band, […] The post Andy Hall shares thoughts on bluegrass and beyond appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Shade Tree Collective is a band that hails from that part of the US where Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania are in close proximity. The members came together at a jam underneath a large maple tree towards the end of the pandemic days, hence the band name. They have recently completed their first studio […] The post Shade Tree Collective releases Wayfaring Stranger appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

LIke most guitar players, I’ve used all sorts of capos throughout my life. I currently own vintage spring-activated Eltons (think Jimmy Martin/ Larry Sparks/ Doyle Lawson), large clunky Hamiltons (that can be improved with a couple pennies – IYKYK), Kysers (both with and without the peg puller), clamp style Shubbs, 20-plus-year-old Paiges, super slick McKinney-Elliots […] The post PaigePro guitar capo appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

For the latest single from their Jim & Jesse tribute project, Bluegrass Express has released one of the McReynolds brothers most popular songs, I Wish You Knew. The initial Jim & Jesse track was included on their Bluegrass Special album in 1963, just six years after The Louvin Brothers had released the original. Featured on […] The post I Wish You Knew from Bluegrass Express appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

Yebin Kim with Country Gongbang at Grey Fox ’24 – photo © Tara Linhardt Once again it was a magical time at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in the mountains of New York. Every July the hills truly come alive with the sound of music as multiple stages host all sorts of fantastic music and […] The post Thursday report from Grey Fox 2024 appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more

It’s always enlightening, if sometimes unexpected, to find artists inspired and informed by bluegrass in places one would never think to encounter it. Indeed, India is, at least to most people’s way of thinking, more associated with music of eastern origin, with sitars and tablas providing the standard instrumental accompaniment. Consequently, India’s Grassy Strings could be […] The post Bluegrass Beyond Borders: India’s Grassy Strings appeared first on Bluegrass Today ..read more