Cory Piatt, the talented young mandolinist with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, has recently completed a solo project. Entitled Daydreams, the album will be released this summer by Patuxent Music. Piatt tells us that he has been working on finishing this
Some very encouraging news regarding Frank Wakefield and his recent surgery... He remains in the ICU, but is doing well after surgery and re-inflating his right lung. It is expected that Frank can be moved from intensive care in the next
We have learned that mandolin legend Frank Wakefield is in the hospital. He underwent surgery on his right lung earlier today. It is expected that he will remain hospitalized for a week or more. We will post more details as we can
An official trailer has been released for Herschel Sizemore: Mandolin In B, a film documentary of his life and musical career by Rick Bowman. The film is centered around a star-studded benefit show for Sizemore and his wife earlier this year,
Chris Henry has ambitious plans for the summer of 2012. He and his group, The Hardcore Grass, intend to record three albums in Nashville over the next few months. As he explains in his Kickstarter video below, they will cut one
The acoustic music world was shocked last month to learn of the sudden passing of John McGann, a musician who had distinguished himself over many years of excellence in both performance and instruction. John was serving on the faculty of the
The first time Sam Bush heard Akira Otsuka and his friends in the Japanese band the Bluegrass 45, he remembers a band that was well rooted in bluegrass traditions but not afraid to push the boundaries. Bush particularly remembers a
The Herschel Sizemore documentary film project to which we alluded back in February continues apace. With a working title of Herschel Sizemore: A Mandolin in B, producer/director Rick Bowman has created a crowd sourcing campaign at indiegogo to raise funds to
Wayne Erbsen's two latest bluegrass instruction books begin his new Bluegrass Jamming series, with titles for both fiddlers and mandolinists. A similar book for banjo is expected later this year. Like his earlier series titled as being for "The Complete Ignoramus,"
Attention Galax mandolin contestants! An attempt has been scheduled for August 7 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) to break the Guinness World Record for the largest mandolin ensemble during the 2012 Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA. They will be seeking to
