• Reno & Harrell to John Boy & Billy

    John Boy & Billy, Inc. have announced the signing of the new Reno & Harrell to their label. No... not the classic bluegrass pioneers from the 1960s, but the next generation of Reno & Harrell. Don Reno's boys, Don Wayne and

  • High honor for Matt Glaser

    Violinist Matt Glaser, former chair of the String Department at the Berklee College of Music, has received the Artist Teacher Award from the prestigious American String Teachers Association. Especially notable is the fact that Glaser is the first non-classical instructor to

  • Daniel Patrick to The Roys

    Just ahead of next week's release of their next album, Gypsy Runaway Train, The Roys have announced that Daniel Patrick will be touring with the band on banjo. Only 18 years old, Daniel already has more than a decade's experience playing with

  • Doyle Lawson’s Family of Friends

    Doyle Lawson has launched a new fan site, designed to offer his most devoted followers the opportunity to more closely follow him, and his trusty band. And to entice folks to shell out the $60 membership fee, he and Quicksilver have

  • A 5-string banjo and a MoonPie

    A few months ago we reported on a Johnson City, Tennessee-based band with a unique Kickstarter campaign in order to help them locate a solid means of transportation. Since that time, the Sons of Bluegrass have found a bus and

  • Banjo Safari – Year 2

    Calling all intrepid photographers. Do you play banjo also? How about a trip to the home of the banjo, Africa? And why not enjoy the sights and sounds of an African safari and, at the same time, improve your banjo

  • Kara Kiker to Full Assurance

    Kindred Records bluegrass Gospel group Kevin Carter and The Full Assurance Band welcomes new addition 16 year old fiddle player Kara Kiker. Kiker, who will assume the duties as fiddle player and harmony singer for the North Carolina based band, actually