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BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
NewsJan 29, 2024

(Editor's Note: Welcome to the debut of our new humor column, The Resonator – from the pen of satirist and performer Greg Hess.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Gary Plapinger (48), a local Guitar Center salesman, expressed surprise upon realizing that the person he had been explaining chords to was none other than acclaimed guitarist Molly Tuttle.…

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
NewsJan 24, 2024

Today, Bourbon & Beyond, the world's largest music and bourbon festival, announced its lineup for their 2024 event, to be held in Louisville at the Kentucky Expo Center September 19 through 22, 2024. With headliners such as Neil Young, Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, and many more, the festival promises a roster filled-to-bursting with the best…

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
NewsJan 5, 2024

January 6, 2024 would be the 100th birthday of Earl Scruggs, a musician and artist who helped create bluegrass music and who was and is perhaps the most prominent and well known banjo player to have ever lived. Scruggs passed away in 2012, but this posthumous celebration – to be held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium…

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
NewsDec 29, 2023

BGS is proud to announce the launch of a new brand in 2024: GOOD COUNTRY. By this point, you may have seen or heard mentions of Good Country on our site, at our events, and on our socials feeds as we prepare this exciting new expansion for our readers and fans. Launching in mid-January 2024,…

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
NewsNov 10, 2023

This morning via livestream the Recording Academy announced the full list of nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards, which will take place on Sunday, February 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Viewers will be able to tune into the 66th Grammy Awards via CBS and Paramount+. Roots music is well represented across the nominations…

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up
BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up