Dr. Ralph Stanley will receive the Governor’s Award for the Arts on September 17 in Richmond, VA.
Nashville, Tenn. — Mountain music patriarch Ralph Stanley will be presented the Governor’s Award for the Arts Sept. 17 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. The 81-year-old singer, banjoist and songwriter is the only [...]

Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain will kick off a Bluegrass Concert Series promoted by BluegrassFM 89.5 WWED in Fredericksburg, VA on November 1.
Fredericksburg, VA — Bluegrass FM, a two station broadcast radio network in Virginia, begins a five concert series this fall in Fredericksburg VA. The series will start November 1 and run through [...]

Notable bluegrass and country music pioneers and artists are included in the second round of inductees into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.
Among the Hall’s class of ‘08 are Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, the Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, Red Sovine and Charlie McCoy.
Hall of Fame officials announced the new inductees this week [...]

Nashville, Tenn., — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s successful quarterly program series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players returns on Saturday, August 23, with a salute to legendary fiddler Buddy Spicher. The 1:30 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum [...]