Music

Not that Steve & Eydie... We're talking Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It's a safe assumption that our readers are well familiar with Steve Martin, both from his star turns in comedy and film, and his new-found career as a performing/recording

If you've been following bluegrass as long as your humble correspondent, you'll have watched Carl Jackson go from a skinny kid playing banjo with Jim & Jesse as a teenager in the late 1960s, to one of the most respected

We have learned that Billy Joe Foster, noted Oklahoma picker, passed away today at 51 years of age. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Foster played fiddle with Bill Monroe, bass with Country Gazette, and several instruments with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. He was

David Grisman and his Acoustic Oasis label have just released a digital Deluxe Edition of his classic Tone Poems album, recorded as a set of instrumental duets with Tony Rice in 1993. This was a concept project at the time, designed

The song Atlanta Is Burning is based in part on an event during the American Civil War. It was written by Aubrey Holt of the Boys from Indiana, a band that Holt along with his uncle, Harley Gabbard formed in

Audie Blaylock and Redline are starting their year out on the west coast, and taking advantage of the opportunity to see some of the sights that California has to offer.   Banjo picker Russ Carson also shared this video of him picking

Just a few days ago we mentioned the efforts by Bill Evans and others to raise funds for the family of Joe Briggs, a bass player who had worked throughout Virginia and Pennsylvania since the 1980s. At the time, Joe was

Nashville's Mansion Entertainment, an established Southern Gospel label and audio/video production facility, has announced the formation of BlueGrass Valley Entertainment & Records. Singles from Brad Davis, Detour and Nightflyer will be pushed to radio later this month, and more artist announcements are

Mandolinist Johnny Staats kicked up quite a stir with the release of his first album, Wires & Wood, back in 2000. It was released on Giant Records, a Warner Brothers imprint, with a heavy push to print and broadcast media.

Special C is in the middle of their British tour, and we just got a note from Greg Cahill - and a cool photo of the band posing at a prominent English landmark. "We left the USA last Wednesday and arrived