Friday Sept. 5 kicks off the 5th Annual Franklin Music Fest in Franklin, KY. The 2 day event, hosted by the ever popular Williams & Clark Expedition, features a line-up of bluegrass talent waiting to be rivaled.In addition to crowd favorite Rhonda Vincent & The Rage expect to see Dailey & Vincent [...]

Jerry Douglas Band plays “The Wild Rumpus” from “Glide” during it’s CD Release Party at the Bohemian Cafe in Greenville, SC
Jerry Douglas, the Country Music Association’s reigning Musician of the Year, is up for Dobro Player of the Year honors next month when the International Bluegrass Music Association hands out its annual awards in Nashville, [...]

Mike Auldridge at Beard Guitars
With the passing of Josh Graves, Mike Auldridge seems, at the least, to step into the role of senior dean of the resophonic guitar in bluegrass. After all, legend has it that he purchased his first Dobro from Graves, who was also a big influence on Auldridge’s career.
Auldridge is in [...]

Phil Leadbetter on stage with Grasstowne during the 2008 SPBGMA Convention performing “Dixie Flyer.”
Phil Leadbetter is back playing with old friends — and in line to reclaim his one-time title (in 2005) of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Dobro Player of the Year.
Leadbetter’s bluegrass career dates to the mid-1970s, when he began playing with regional [...]

Rob Ickes & bassist Dave Pomeroy Jammin’ at NAMM 2008.
Rob Ickes, winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Dobro Player of the Year nine times, is back looking for No. 10.
A native of the San Francisco Bay area, Ickes is a member of “Blue Highway,” which is also nominated for several IBMA honors next month. [...]