• Bowman, Rigsby, Smith project in the works

    A powerful trio of bluegrass all-stars have announced plans for a special project, with work set to begin in the near future. Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby and Kenny Smith performed together as members of Lonesome River Band in the mid-to-late 1990s.

  • New Kenny Smith video from Gat3

    Glen and Susan Tabor of Gat3 Records have released a second video about the recording of Kenny Smith's Return CD. The album was out in limited release last Fall - primarily directly from Kenny - and the video is being

  • Three from ’37

    The folks at Fretboard Journal posted this video shot during Wintergrass 2012 at their jam suite in the hotel. As it happened, a trio of 75 year old steel string flattop guitars wandered in while the incomparable Kenny Smith was hanging

  • First Tear from Akira Otsuka

    Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man are Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Phil Rosenthal, Chris Stifel, Al Petteway and David Grier on guitar; Rickie Simpkins, Phil Bloch

  • Kenny Smith – Return

    One of the most enjoyable recordings I've discovered this year is Kenny Smith's latest, an instrumental guitar project called Return. The project is special in a number of ways. First of all, it's the first album from Kenny since his 1997

  • Kenny Smith – Return

    We just heard from the folks at GAT Three Records with word that Kenny Smith's new guitar album, Return, is scheduled to be released later this month. Though Kenny has been recording widely of late with Kenny & Amanda Smith and

  • Kenny Smith Return in May

    We've picked up a bit more information on Kenny Smith's upcoming guitar CD. It will be titled Return, as in returning some old guitars to the studio, and is expected on Gat 3 Records in May. Kenny has reunited the rhythm

  • More on the Kenny Smith guitar album

    Kenny Smith shares some thoughts about his upcoming instrumental album on Gat 3 Records in this new video, which also includes comments from Adam Steffey, Barry Bales and Glenn Tabor of Gat 3. This all-instrumental project will be his first guitar

  • Kenny Smith guitar album

    Also completing a solo project for a Spring release is flatpicker extraordinaire Kenny Smith. The as-yet untitled album will be released on the new label recently founded by Gat3 studios, where Kenny has been recording since his departure from Lonesome