• ETSU Pride Band for 2011-12

    The Bluegrass Pride Band, the elite performing group of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program at the East Tennessee State University, made their debut performance for the 2011-2012 academic year on Friday (8/26) in Kingsport, TN. The school offers

  • Left handed fiddler Katrina Pearce

    Is a left handed fiddler sort of like a cross-eyed fiddler? 2007 Grand Masters champ Katrina Pearce's eyes are just fine, and so is her southpaw stroke on the fiddle. She is a 3 time national champion fiddler, and served as

  • Sierra Hull: Tell Me Tomorrow video

    Sierra Hull and CMT have released another video from her current album, Daybreak. This time, the song is Tell Me Tomorrow, which Sierra performs live in a studio setting with her own band, plus a couple of ringers. Clay Hess is

  • The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Anytime you learn that Chris Thile is involved with a new project, you can expect it to be fun-filled and unbounded. Seeing Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan in the lineup suggests an interesting push/pull between the bluegrass, classical and new

  • Church House Hymns II from David Parmley

    Less than a year after announcing his return to active performing, David Parmley has a new recording of sacred music to share with his many fans. Church House Hymns, Vol. II was recorded with his road band, Continental Divide, and features

  • John Cowan to tour later this year

    John Cowan will be touring this Fall with an acoustic trio during a break in his schedule with The Doobie Brothers, to whom he had returned as a full time member in 2010. Most of us in the bluegrass world were

  • Gibson vs. DOJ

    For the second time in 2 years, the Feds have come down on Gibson Guitar for suspicion of having illegally imported native hardwoods from outside the United States. This Wednesday (8/25) agents from the Fish and Wildlife Service and Immigration and

  • One More Night from Joy Kills Sorrow

    Joy Kills Sorrow stopped by the offices of Acoustic Guitar magazine for an impromptu concert during their west coast tour this week. Have a look as they perform the song One More Night from their brand new CD, This Unknown Science,

  • Still more Gettysburg photos

    Here is yet another fine gallery of Frank Baker's photos taken at the Fall Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival last weekend. This one captures performances from Lonesome River Band and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. To see all of Frank's Gettysburg images, just

  • More Gettysburg photos

    Here is another fine gallery of Frank Baker's photos taken at the Fall Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival last weekend. These capture sets from Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Speaking of Chris Jones... we are delighted that Chris