The Bluegrass Ireland Blog

A fortnight ago the BIB reported on the release of a single from Darkest hour , the new album by the Gibson Brothers . Their latest e-newsle...

The multi-award-winning Special Consensus began their current tour in Ireland on Wednesday with two performances in Belfast, and tonight (...

The Deering Banjo Company announces that Catherine 'BB' Bowness , banjo-player for Boston's Mile Twelve , will be back for episo...

The BIB relayed on 17 Jan. the news that award-winning Australian country and bluegrass singer Kristy Cox (right), who toured here with h...

Thanks again to the FOAOTMAD news blog , organ of the UK's national association for old-time music and dance, for full details of the wo...

Banjo maestro Hank Smith (right) of North Carolina, who took part in the New Year's Day bluegrass jam in Dublin (see the BIB for 3 Jan...

The BIB has announced for some time now the presence of Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius on the programme of the Ballincollig Winter Mus...

Thanks to St John's Theatre & Arts Centre , Listowel, Co. Kerry, for making us aware of the current tour in Ireland by The Yonder Bo...

Compass Records announce that 'For your love', the third single to be issued from the forthcoming album Lovin' of the game by...

The leaves have fallen since the photo above was taken, but the appealing prospect of a tour by the multi-award-winning Special Consensus ...

Neil Rosenberg , premier historian of bluegrass music, contributes articles to the Bluegrass Situation (BGS) online magazine under the seri...

Dan Walsh of Staffordshire, England, was featured on 'Deering Live' on the Deering Banjos YouTube channel on 10 Sept. 2020, illust...

Carlow guitar maestro Shane Hennessy will be performing in the showcase programme at Folk Alliance International in Kansas City, MO (1-5 ...

Galway's We Banjo 3 , originators of Celtgrass, will begin their 2023 winter tour two weeks from now: six dates in the western states o...

Thanks again to Des Butler , who first drew our attention five years ago to the three-part TV series 'Wayfaring Stranger', present...

Among the news of artists who toured Ireland in the twelve months before the pandemic, some news is good and some less welcome. Kristy Cox ...

Thanks to Cahersiveen Mountain Roots Music in Co. Kerry for good news to begin the week: the splendid High Plains Tradition from Colorado...

The organising team of this year's TradFest Temple Bar (25-29 Jan.) announce that TradFest will be featured tonight (Fri. 13 Jan.) on ...

Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, who will tour Ireland later this month The many-talented Tim O'Brien is interviewed on Bluegrass To...

The Deering Banjo Company announce that Michael J. Miles is the featured artist being interviewed (and playing music) tonight on Deering L...

The BIB editor writes : The BIB first mentioned Kristina R. Gaddy 's new book Well of souls: uncovering the banjo's hidden history...

... and we mean literally, as far as the image above is concerned. Thanks to Mick Daly , director of the Dunmore East bluegrass festival (...

Thanks to the FOAOTMAD news blog for the poster image above and the latest information on this year's Gainsborough festival (10-12 Fe...

Ken Perlman , master of 'melodic clawhammer' banjo, sends a reminder that his two new online instruction courses both begin tomorrow...

The FOAOTMAD news blog draws attention to the weekly radio programme 'Criffel Creek', presenting the best of bluegrass, Americana, ...

JigJam ( Jamie McKeogh , guitar; Daithi Melia , 5-string banjo; Gavin Strappe , mandolin, tenor banjo; and Danny Hunter , fiddle) send New...

The Local Honeys ( Linda Jean Stokley and Montana Hobbs ) from east Kentucky made a big impact at the 13th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Fe...

John Lawless reports on Bluegrass Today that next month's Midwinter Bluegrass Festival in Colorado will be the first to be held witho...

For aspiring banjo players who want to develop their skills among the top rank of musicians and teachers, Mountain Song Productions & B...

The cover story of the January 2023 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited is on David Parmley , whose performing career began as a teenage founder-m...

Belfast's Wookalily send New Year greetings in their latest e-newsletter , and their message is: With all the strife on planet earth,...

Thanks to Patrick Simpson of the Bluestack Mountain Boys / Dublin Bluegrass Collective , hosts of the weekly Dublin Bluegrass Jam Session a...

Thanks to Caleb Klauder and Reeb Wilms (seen above with their Country Band) for their 'Happy New Year to all!' greetings-newslett...

Thanks to Jim McArdle of the Watery Hill Boys of Drogheda, Co. Louth, for this news: It's been a long time, what with Covid etc., Li...

We learn with regret of the death shortly before Christmas of Eve Morris , membership secretary for many years of FOAOTMAD , the UK's as...

'Ricky Skaggs joins Keith & Kristyn Getty on Confessio ' is the title of John Lawless 's feature on Bluegrass Today, and t...

The Bluegrass Ireland Blog sends best wishes for a joyful, peaceful, and healthy Christmas and a happy, safe , and prosperous New Year to a...

The Bluestack Mountain Boys / Dublin Bluegrass Collective , hosts of the weekly Dublin Bluegrass Jam Session at Mother Reilly 's, 28-32...

John Lawless reports on Bluegrass Today on an intercultural cooperation between Dr Haiqiong Deng (right) and the Bottom Dollar Boys of F...

Very few bluegrass bands from Europe can count on getting A-list US musicians as guests on their recordings, and warmly favourable reviews ...