Wilmington, OH., — Award-winning Bluegrass acts take the stage during The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, November 13 and 14, at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington. This is one of the Midwest’s most entertaining acoustic music events, occurring twice a year, in March and November.

The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival…

Nashville, Tenn., — Leadership Artists, LLC and DAddario & Company, Inc. are presenting veteran bluegrass group Mountain Heart in an all-star jam in celebration of the group’s 10th Anniversary during the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass Convention. Mountain Heart & Friends: A 10th Anniversary Celebration all-star jam will happen on Wednesday, September 30, 2009…

Here’s some good news for Ricky Skaggs fans who have followed his career for the past couple of decades.

His Skaggs Family Records label is poised to launch the first in a series of Skaggs’ landmark country albums from the 1980s, when the artist was consistently riding the top of the charts with his blend of bluegrass and country music.

Canadian fiddler April Verch’s new release, Steal The Blue, is chalk full of bluegrass artists.

Her seventh CD, Steal The Blue, is the first to feature her touring band and includes several familiar names, including Tim Stafford, Steve Gulley, Craig Market, Larry Cordle, Ron Block, Melonie Cannon, and Patty Mitchell among the songwriters and harmony vocalists.

Second Season, Kristin Scott Benson’s second solo album, will be released today, January 13, on the Pinecastle Records label.

It’s milestone No. 3 in just a few short months. In October, she was named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Banjo Player of the Year for 2008. A month later, she became a member of two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, The Grascals.