Butch Baldassari
More good people and good deeds keep roaring forward to come to the aid of mandolinist Butch Baldassari and his family. The latest comes from a fellow mandolinist, Grand Ol’ Opry star Jesse McReynolds, who is hosting the 15th annual McReynolds Memorial, billed as a Bluegrass Music Spectacular on [...]

Tony Rice guitar , Jerry Douglas dobro , Sam Bush mandolin , Mark o’Connor fiddle and Béla Fleck on banjo doin’ a smokin’ version of “Freeborn Man”

Dailey & Vincent’s Opry Debut – photo by Chris Hollo / Hollo Photographics
The Ryman Auditorium became another debut venue in late December for new Rounder recording artists Dailey & Vincent. With the crowd nearly in a New Year’s Eve mood on Dec. 29, Jamie Daily and Darren Vincent took to the stage of the Grand [...]