Old Settler’s Music Festival returns for its 38th year from April 24-27, 2025, promising another unforgettable weekend of music, community, and camping just 45 minutes south of Austin in Dale, Texas. A cherished tradition in the heart of Central Texas, the festival continues to celebrate the best in Americana, roots, and bluegrass with an incredible lineup of national touring artists, engaging workshops, family-friendly fun, and its signature campground camaraderie.

In a mostly male genre still known as much for its reticence about contemporary subjects as for its powerful harmonies and virtuosic picking, bluegrass music’s Sister Sadie have stood out ever since the all-female group’s founding more than a dozen years ago.

Earl Scruggs Music Festival returns to Mill Spring, NC on August 29-31, 2025 for its 4th annual event at Tryon International Equestrian Center (Tryon International). Headlining this year’s lineup is 27-time GRAMMY winner Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas, joined by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Del McCoury Band, Sam Bush, Watchhouse, The Wood Brothers, The War And Treaty, The Earls of Leicester, Sierra Hull, and many more.

“‘Do What You Want’ was a really fun song to write,” says Nashville’s hit-penning songwriter and independent artist Erin Enderlin. She’s talking about award-winning, female-forward sextet Sister Sadie’s new single, a country waltz that’s a sizable, yet characteristic change of pace from its predecessor, the bluegrass-tinged love song, “If I Don’t Have You.”  “We’re all just tiny dots on a planet, spinning around a sun, in a gigantic galaxy for a tiny blip of time.

After a pair of covers — a chart-topping, grassy version of Gabe Dixon’s “All Will Be Well” and the 90s country flavored “Make Me Stay or Make Me Go” — sextet Sister Sadie (nominated for this year’s Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY) shift into a more contemplative mood with their new Mountain Home Music Company single, a glistening original ballad.

Sister Sadie always meant to push boundaries when they came together as an all-female crew of bluegrass icons in 2012. Musically, personally and perceptually, they were on the cutting edge, earning a 2020 IBMA Entertainer of the Year, three successive Vocal Group of the Year and other wins and a Grammy nomination for Sister Sadie II; but they were always more about the fellowship.

Mountain Home Music Company congratulates Sister Sadie founding member Deanie Richardson who was named Fiddle Player of the Year at last night's International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. This is Richardson's second time winning the award, with her first coming in 2020.

The California Bluegrass Association’s 49th annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival is adding a pair of special shows to keep the music going after Friday and Saturday Main Stage performances, and has selected the Vern’s Stage lineup of afternoon performers. The festival also has slated a new youth activity: pre-school family jams.

In the fall of 2022, bluegrass-and-more quintet Sister Sadie released their first single in years (“Diane,” a vibrant country cover that the group premiered on the IBMA’s awards show), marking the beginning of a new era for the band, and stoking fans' anticipation for more new music.

Renowned banjo player and California native Alison Brown will headline an eclectic lineup of established and up-and-coming bluegrass stars at the California Bluegrass Association’s 49th annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, slated for June 13-16 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, Calif. Single-day and four-day passes are on sale now for the festival, which will feature 32 performers appearing on three stages, including five rising California showcase bands.