Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments and SamBush.com are teaming up to bring you an opportunity to win a Sam Bush Signature mandolin. This mandolin is a replica of Sam’s personal F-5 and is reminiscent of the highly prized 1930’s Gibson F-5, but with the subtle nuances that make Sam’s mandolin, and his sound, so unique. From [...]

The Grascals and Bobby Osborne and Rocktop X-press are headlining the 30th Annual Labor Day Weekend Family Style Bluegrass Music Festival, Aug. 31 - Sept. 2nd, at Bass Mountain Music Park in Snow Camp, North Carolina. Other acts on the bill include David Parmley and Continental Divide, Dale Ann Bradley, The Stevens Family and New [...]

This tidbit on Rounder Records Web site should have fans of true-blue country music — you know, the stuff they used to play on the radio 20 years ago — on edge:
Merle Haggard’s first bluegrass album, “The Bluegrass Sessions,” will feature Alison Krauss on a duet of “Mama’s Hungry Eyes.”
Recorded in two days in Ricky [...]

On August 17 & 18, the Bonded Brothers of Bluegrass will present a benefit for Larry Jackson at Riverbend near Ocilla, Georgia, to raise money to assist Larry and his wife, Ginger. Larry suffered a serious stroke in June of this year.
So far, 14 bands have signed up to perform.
For more information on how you [...]

Lots of us have been teased about coming from Podunk, but how about going there? For the bluegrass fan, the trip sounds enticing.Enticing, as in the 12th annual Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Martin Park in East Hartford, Conn. It runs Aug. 2-5 with a stellar lineup [...]