The Forward Roll
PREMIERE: Sinner Friends — Rita
BLUEGRASS PRIDE EXCLUSIVE: There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that Sinner Friends are releasing a single, “Rita,” off their highly-anticipated full-length album that is out today via Bristol, Virginia’s Bigtone Records.
Update on Bluegrass Pride 2020
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our in-person Pride month celebrations this June. But Bluegrass Pride isn't going anywhere.
Bluegrass Pride Wins Music Home Project Grant
Written by: Kara Kundert Today, we are thrilled to announce that Bluegrass Pride has won a grant from the Music Home Project. This grant will be used in three ways: Ensuring fair artist pay to all Bluegrass Pride performers in our 2020 season. Developing and circulating instructional guides to local leaders who want to bring Bluegrass Pride to their hometown. Creating a vetted nationwide directory of safe venues for Bluegrass Pride artists to perform. Our mission is to support bluegrass, old-time, and traditional American musicians of all backgrounds and levels. In support of that mission, our priorities for 2020 are...
PREMIERE: Tui — Smoke Behind the Clouds
This particular song includes all of our favorite things: the preservation and promotion of diverse histories in string band music, queered lyrics, and (of course), beautiful acoustic instrumentation from these talented young old-time musicians.
Our Shared Focal Point
I fell in love with bluegrass music the night before I decided to hide that I was gay.