Miss Dixie Hall writes a darn good e-newsletter that she always shares with BluegrassJournal.com. Her latest Good Home Grown Music News (it’s Volume 6) is full of good tidbits. Here’s an abridged look at some of them.

Melvin Goins is having his third annual Homecoming Festival in Prestonburg,Ky…

The rookie duo of Dailey & Vincent swept the 35th annual Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America awards show Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., just like they did last October at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual awards gala.

Pinecastle Records this week released two new CDs, The Hangman by Ernie Thacker and Route 23 and 3 Silver Dollars from David Parmley & Continental Divide.

In a news release, Pinecastle called the release of the The Hangman “a monumental achievement for Ernie Thacker and Route 23.”

Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T.
WPLN, Nashville, Tenn.’s Public Radio Station, is airing at interview with Tom T. and Dixie Hall, generally regarded as the first couple of the bluegrass songwriting realm.
Tom T. Hall found great success in the mid-1960s and ’70s as a country songwriter and award-winning performer. With mainstream country [...]