Author: Brance

Here's another update from our friends Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. The guys are currently in Nashville and working hard a new recording. They've graciously decided to give us all a window into the process. They're sending along updates every

The new CD from Randy Kohrs landed in my inbox a couple weeks ago, but I just found the time to listen to it recently. What a treat I had been denying myself! Randy and team have hit it out of

It seems everyone has a list of their favorite albums from 2009. It was a good year for bluegrass recordings. PopMatters, which bills itself as "an international magazine of cultural criticism" published their top 10 list, and it's not bad.

Frank Solivan II and his band, Dirty Kitchen, are in Nashville this week, recording a new CD at Brent Truitt's studio. From the sound of it, the guys are having a great time recording, and we're excited to hear the

Last month, we published a post called Separated at birth? which highlighted the similarities between a number of bluegrass stars and other celebrities. We received a number of suggestions from you, our readers, for other bluegrass/celebrity look-a-likes. We've finally tracked

John Jorgenson is one of those musicians that other musicians love to hear. A multi-instrumentalist, it doesn't really matter what instrument he's playing, it's going to be worth hearing. Jorgenson is gearing up for a busy year in 2010. In recent

Richard Hurst accepted the position of Chairperson of the European Bluegrass Music Association in May of 2008. After serving in that capacity for 20 months, Hurst has resigned. Chairing an organization like that is a full time job in

John and I have been in the studio all week filming a new AcuTab DVD designed to help you improve your jamming skills. Pete Wernick has essentially written the book on this topic and his name has come up several

We all knew it to be true. The banjo is a deadly weapon, especially in the wrong hands. Now the world knows. The Aspen Times is reporting that a Denver man visiting Aspen, CO, was charged with second-degree assault last week,

2010 isn't shaping up to be a good year for radio. There's a lot of competition out there for listeners' ears. Satellite radio, iPods, iPhones...all have contributed to a drop in listeners for local radio stations. Add a struggling economy,