• Clay Hess – Rain

    Longtime sideman Clay Hess is out with his third solo project, due for wide release during IBMA later this month. Rain finds Hess in his most familiar role: scorching the guitar, on both lead and rhythm. Since first hitting the

  • Tony Rice memorial request

    We had posted last month about the tragic death of Chris Scott, son of Tony and Pam Rice, in a terrible motorcycle accident on August 17. After receiving dozens of requests concerning memorial donations, Tony and Pam have asked that anyone

  • New from Mel Bay

    Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are written by noted bluegrass instructors (Janet Davis, Joe Carr and Steve Kaufman), and are available for download purchase as

  • Recording King RD-10

    The Recording King brand, part of the Music Link family of Asian-made musical instruments, has consistently sought to produce better-than-average banjos and guitars at prices accessible to students, and those with limited resources for an instrument purchase. The introduction of their

  • Jared Hensley to Darrell Webb Band

    Darrell Webb is continuing his ongoing relationship with the ETSU bluegrass program with his latest hire. He has announced today that Jared Hensley is coming aboard as guitarist/vocalist, filling the shoes of Asa Gravley who is taking some time away from

  • Academy of Bluegrass – a review

    Do you live in the middle of nowhere and can’t find a bluegrass teacher? Or work strange hours and need to take lessons at odd times? With the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass, it’s now possible to improve as a picker,

  • Clay Hess on Kickstarter

    Clay Hess, guitarist and vocalist with Sierra Hull & Highway 111, is the latest bluegrass artist to take to Kickstarter for crowdsourcing of his new project, Rain. In this case, Clay is looking for his fans and friends to help raise

  • Skip Cherryholmes checks in

    Skip Cherryholmes asked us to pass along this info about his immediate plans following the dissolution of the band. I've been asked many times by Cherryholmes fans "What are you going to do now?" Obviously I've taken a short break from the