• Life without Earl

    This tribute to Earl Scruggs on the anniversary of his passing is a contribution from Jim Mills, a life-long student of Scruggs-style banjo, and a serious collector of the sort of pre war Gibson banjos that Earl played. Jim also

  • New single from Terry Baucom

    Banjo man Terry Baucom has a new album coming soon on the John Boy & Billy label. Like his 2011 project, In A Groove, this as yet unnamed record will feature Bauc on the five along with an all-star cast

  • New Snyder Family album on the way

    North Carolina's mega-talented Snyder Family has released this brief video announcing the Spring release of their fourth album, Building Bridges. Those who have watched Samantha and Zeb Snyder since they were quite young will get a kick out of seeing

  • Mizzone boys at TED 2013

    As we mentioned last month, the pickin' Mizzone brothers, otherwise known as Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, were invited to perform at the 2013 TED Conference in California. A sub-theme of this year's event was contributions from special young folks around the

  • Nick Keen to Clay Hess

    The Clay Hess Band has announced their newest member, Nick Keen, who will play mandolin with the group. He steps in for Ryan Moyers, who turned in his resignation earlier this year. Nick joins Clay and his son Brennan Hess on

  • New Live Album from Balsam Range

    Mountain Home Music has announced the release, yesterday, of a live album by Balsam Range, Live at the Altamont. It was recorded on January 18th and 19th at Asheville, North Carolina’s premiere listening venue, the historic Altamont Theatre, in Ashville. It

  • Making My Way To You from Chris Henry

    Chris Henry, Nashville multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town, has released a new solo project. Well, it's almost a solo project. He did play all the guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, and drums, wrote and sang all the songs, and engineered and produced it all