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Three personnel of the Amotekun corps in Osun were injured after engaging in a gun duel with herdsmen in the state. DAILY POST gathered that some farmers

SZA leads the field with 9 nominations, but will she take home more brass than anyone else? Here are Paste's 2024 Grammy Awards predictions.

Congratulations to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on their four GRAMMY nominations this year - the iconic label's 75th. The four nominations join 30 previous Folkways nominations, and 9 wins to date. The Folkways catalog also contains 11 lifetime achievement award recipients.

This week's episode of Mountain Stage was recorded in Franklin, Tennessee during the first of two nights of live music at the Franklin Theatre. Host Kathy Mattea welcomed country rock and folk singer-songwriter Steve Earle, mandolin master Sam Bush, country artist Elizabeth Cook, folksinger Sarah Lee Guthrie, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Pierce.

Music Worcester brings Sam Bush, known as “The King of Newgrass” and his revolutionary take on bluegrass to Worcester’s Hanover Theatre on June 9. The mandolin/fiddle/guitar-playing icon has taken the genre to new heights over a 50+ year career as a founding member of The New Grass Revival, and working with such legends as Leon Russell, Emmylou Harris,  Lyle Lovett, and Béla Fleck & The Flecktones.

Photo: Jeff Fasano *** “This didn’t begin as an album project. It started out because I love John and I enjoy playing his songs,” Sam Bush says of his new

More than 4,000 No Depression readers voted in our year-end poll, and we crunched the numbers to create our annual list of the 50 best roots music albums of 2022.

The Old Fashioned is a weekly bluegrass and old-time program, hosted by Craig Havighurst and Amy Alvey. As they say on the air, The Old Fashioned (yes, named for the world-famous cocktail) stirs up strong spirits with a bit of sugar, a dash of bitters and a twist of zest, telling the ongoing story of traditional music in Americana. With commentary and context to bring their listeners along for the journey, Craig and Amy spin old-time bands, traditional bluegrass, regional folk styles, acoustic b...

Friendship, just as much as the music, is what Sam Bush is celebrating with his new album, "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," out Nov. 11 on Smithsonian Folkways.

Photo by Jeff Fasano Seminal bluegrass mandolinist Sam Bush is set to pay tribute to his collaborator, longtime friend and mentor John Hartford for his