• America’s Music from Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

    America's favorite pre-teen grassers, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, have announced October 4 as the release date for their debut album, America's Music. It's their instrumental tribute to their bluegrass forebears - their musical great-grandfathers? - with 12 tracks featuring the picking

  • Coming soon from Pinecastle

    Pinecastle has announced two new projects set for release early in 2012. First up is a twin mandolin project from Alan Bibey and Wayne Benson. This one has been in the works for several years, and was thought to have been

  • Dawg plays Big Mon

    David Grisman, aka Dawg, has joined those celebrating Bill Monroe's 100th birthday with a newly-released CD, Dawg Plays Big Mon - Happy Birthday Bill Monroe (ACD 77). One Sunday morning in 1961, Ralph Rinzler invited 16-year old David Grisman to see

  • Mustered Courage from Down Under

    I have thought a lot (and written a bit) about the "bluegrass" music being created by young string players whose impressions of its boundaries are shaped by the growing jamgrass scene, and the popularity of such groups as Punch Brothers,

  • Pandolfi talks The Festy, Turntable.fm

    Part Two of Milo Farineau's interview with Chris Pandolfi about The Infamous Stringdusters' upcoming festival The Festy, to take place in Nelson County, Virginia, October 6-9 Milo: So, what’s new with the Stringdusters? Chris: You can expect the release of our

  • New Stages for Snyder Family Band

    Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, recently released information about the forthcoming album – Stages – by the Snyder Family Band. The release is scheduled for October 18. Stages is the group’s third CD and, like the others, it features the

  • A Light in the Window Again

    Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from Back To My Roots, the upcoming Carolina Road project. The song is A Light in the Window Again, a contribution from Tom T. and Dixie Hall, which tells of the restoration of the

  • New faces with Cumberland Gap Connection

    Cumberland Gap Connection has two new members: John Messer on mandolin and Albon Clevinger on fiddle, both of Kermit, WV. They join Mike Bentley on guitar and lead vocals, Rod Smith on banjo and Bryan Russell on bass. A debut album,

  • Stetson and Cia

    Cia Cherryholmes has been burning up YouTube this past few weeks, posting "home movie-style" videos of herself with her new musical collaborator, Stetson Adkisson. The pair have teamed up in a new venture, called appropriately enough, Stetson & Cia. Both are