Rick Hayes “Fly By Night”
Cincinnati, OH, – Rick Hayes, mandolinist for The Gibson Brothers, has released his first solo CD “Fly By Night.” Clips from the CD’s 13 tracks can be found on Rick’s website at www.RickeyHayes.com, as well as information on how to purchase a copy.
In addition to playing mandolin, guitar and bass on [...]

Elementary and secondary classroom and music teachers are invited to attend a free workshop, Utilizing Bluegrass Music in the Classroom, on Saturday, June 7, 2008, at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky. The program will be organized by Janice Malusky, president of the American Traditional Music Project and IBMA in conjunction with [...]

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will hold several events between now and June 8. Among the Highlights will be a Banjo demonstration by Leroy Troy on Sunday May 25 at 1:00 PM. Kathy Mattea is scheduled for a performance and interview session on Thursday, June 5 at Noon.  Mattea will be autographing [...]

The Baker Boys. Photo by Michael Stewart.
If you caught Karl Shifflet’s Big Country Show last summer on the Midwest bluegrass festival circuit, chances are you saw banjo wiz-kid Jessie Baker perform. He spent a stint on the road with Shifflet’s band. Not bad if you’re 17.
What you might not have seen was his brother, [...]

The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation recently held its inaugural event, a fund raising benefit concert featuring Special Consensus and Blue Moon Drive, on May 3, 2008. The venue was the his­tor­ic Sons of Hermann Hall near downtown Dallas, Texas. Current IBMA Presi­dent Greg Cahill (founder of Special Consensus) and his band entertained the [...]