Nashville, Tenn., — With the fierce winter most of the east coast has experienced, it’s tough to think about Memorial Day and a music festival, but the 3rd annual Delfest will be here before you know it. Discounted four-day adult passes for Delfest, held in Cumberland, MD, May 27th – 30th, 2010, are currently $125 and $110 for the three-day passes through March 1st and then prices will increase….

I’ve long held this theory that a chosen few males who are born in Kentucky are blessed with this rare gene that gives them these wonderful high-lonesome voices. The names Monroe, Skaggs and Osborne immediately come to mind. Or maybe it’s something mystical, like a strange compound in the spring water that sprouts from the Kentucky hills.

But Larry Stephenson makes me ponder expanding my theory….

Nashville, Tenn., –For the remainder of February, the Del McCoury Band’s latest album, “Family Circle,” will be available for download at Amazon’s mp3 store for only $5 as part of their popular 50 albums for $5 program. For the month of February, the editors at Amazon have chosen 100 titles to be part of this program….

In response to recent inquiries, McCoury Music confirmed today that bluegrass legend Del McCoury underwent surgery to remove an inflamed gall bladder on Saturday (Dec. 12) after being admitted to Sumner Regional Hospital in Hendersonville, Tenn., on the preceding Thursday.

The procedure was conducted without incident, and McCoury…

Nashville, Tenn., – After much anticipation, bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury and WAMU’s Bluegrass Country’s Katy Daley announced the initial lineup for the 3rd Annual DelFest live on air this morning. They then proceeded to take calls from fans and play cuts from the Del McCoury Band’s new album, Family Circle, which hits stores today….