• Merry Christmas from Mountain Heart

    It's that time of year in the bluegrass world... Touring acts are finishing their live shows for the year and looking forward to spending time with their families. In the case of Mountain Heart, it's also silly season, as evidenced by

  • Adam Steffey talks about The Boxcars

    We caught up with Adam Steffey yesterday and got a few mote details about The Boxcars, the new band he is assembling with Ron Stewart, Keith Garrett, Harold Nixon and John Bowman. Adam told us that the seeds were sown earlier

  • Blue Moon Rising soldiers on

    After this weekend's news about the formation of The Boxcars, one big question remained. The new band grabbed Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon from Blue Moon Rising to join Ron Stewart, Adam Steffey and John Bowman - leaving Chris West

  • Exit Jim Hurst

    Jim Hurst has announced his departure from The Claire Lynch Band after 10 years of faithful service. He worked with her as a member of The Front Porch String Band from 1995-2000, and again with The Claire Lynch Band from

  • Kane’s River reunion out west

    Kane's River had quite a run in the early part of this decade. Based in Montana, and originally known as Deep River, they hit the national scene in 2000 with a self-titled CD (Kane's River) on Doobie Shea Records. Their sound

  • The Boxcars – new band in 2010

    It's December, so that means it's time for more band explosions. Next up is The Dan Tymisnki Band. It was a great ride while it lasted, and everyone who had a chance to catch them live should cherish the memory. With

  • More changes afoot…

    Well, here are a couple more band changes to announce at year's end. Mandolinist Bobby Clark is leaving the Williams & Clark Expedition to work with Jerry Butler & The Blu-J's. Clark has toiled in the bluegrass salt mines for for

  • More changes in Quicksilver

    Doyle Lawson has made another set of changes to the Quicksilver lineup. Dale Perry will come on board to play banjo and sing bass, and Jason Leek will play bass and sing tenor. The new band will take the stage

  • Another bluegrass baby!

    Erik Igelström, mandolinist with G2, and his wife Hanna, are celebrating the birth of their second son. "On Thursday 26th of November 1:05 p.m. (local Swedish time), we had our second son at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm. We actually haven't decided