Music

Just in time for the holidays, Mountain Fever Records has released Have A Merry Berry Christmas, the latest recording by Heather Berry. Featuring a mixture of bluegrass (Christmas Time's A Coming), pop (Blue Christmas, Pretty Paper), country (If We Make It Through December,

Each week, Daniel Mullins will reach back to the archives to highlight a past recording (at least 5 years old) which might have been missed by newer fans - or overlooked, or even forgotten by long time bluegrass lovers. He

Two scholarships for Pete Wernick’s Advanced Banjo Camp in January 2012 are still available, but the deadline for applications is December 5, only a few days away. One $1,000 scholarship covers almost all expenses for an out-of-state attendee and is being

More great bluegrass Christmas music from the now-famous Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. The picking' Mizzone boys have laid down a version of Jingle Bells using licks and phrases first popularized when their great-grandparents were young. It is available for sale online

The banjo/fiddle duet holds an iconic place in the history and development of bluegrass music. From the earliest days of Appalachian string music, a fiddle and a banjo was enough to set folks dancing, and as the style has evolved

David Robinson is set to become the new banjo player with Monroe Crossing, among the most popular and well-traveled bluegrass bands in the mid-West. He takes up the mantle from Benji Flaming, who recently announced his intention to move on and

Roger Martin has joined The Carolina Travelers, a venerable band from Winston-Salem, NC, on mandolin. He had worked previously with The Misty Valley Boys, Roustabouts, and just recently Roger Handy and Southern Depot. He takes the spot vacated by Tim Frye, who had spent the

Sammy Shelor, banjo player and leader of the Lonesome River Band, reports that plans are underway for the group to embark on an ambitious new recording project — a 30th anniversary retrospective that will have the group recording twenty-four songs, to be

Longtime New South bandmates Ricky Wasson and Dwight McCall are set to release a new duo project in Spring 2012 on Rural Rhythm Records. No, they're not leaving J. D. Crowe and the New South, they're just doing what pretty

What better way to begin a Christmas album than with the old Tex Logan tune, Christmas Time’s a Coming? If you ask Ricky Skaggs, you’ll probably find out quickly that there is none, as it's the first track on a recent