• Trent Callicutt joins Kenny & Amanda

    Kenny Smith just called with some news. They have hired Trent Callicutt to play banjo with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Trent is an 18 year old picker from Asheboro, NC. He has been doing shows with the band this

  • Skaggs to receive honorary degree

    Spring Break usually means a quick sprint to southern beaches for college students eager to escape the grind of their studies. For serious-minded students at Berklee College of Music, spring break each year means a trip to Nashville to learn

  • Darrell Webb live CD

    Tonight is a big night for Darrell Webb, the newest member of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Starting at 6:00 p.m., he'll be recording a live album at the converted Bellamy's Hardware building in Surgoinsville, TN. And the boss will

  • Sirius celebrates Women In Bluegrass

    Girl power... on the hour. That's what the folks at Sirius Bluegrass have in store for this week. Starting today (3/17) and running through Friday (3/21) Sirius Bluegrass will offer hourly biographies of the women who have left a mark on

  • Bill Bolick remembered

    Bill Bolick, who with his brother Earl performed for years as The Blue Sky Boys, was remembered in today's (3/16) edition of The Hickory Record. He passed away on Thursday at the age of 90. He and his late brother, Earl

  • Sunday Morning Revelations – Thankful

    Larry Stephenson is one of the best high lead/tenor singers in bluegrass today. He has a voice uncannily like that of Bobby Osborne's and there can't be any higher praise than that. Additionally, Osborne is a big fan, readily praising

  • Banjo on Idol

    This past week's American Idol had the various contestants interpreting the music of The Beatles, and one competitor, Chikezie, started his version of She's A Woman with a banjo and a fiddle. The grassyness only lasted through the first verse, but

  • New Marty Raybon CD in the works

    Marty Raybon is about to start work on his next bluegrass CD. He will be including a number of new songs he has written, and is in the process of gathering additional material now. No title has been discussed as yet,

  • David Davis on WFDU this morning

    David Davis and The Warrior River Boys will be the guests today (3/14) on WFDU-FM's Lonesome Pine RFD. They will bring their traditional, Monroe-inflected bluegrass to the studio for a live performance and discussion with show host Carol Beaugard from 11:00

  • Bill Bolick passes

    We received a sad note this afternoon from Ted Jones (Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys) about the loss of another member of the founding generation of bluegrass music. "I wanted to let you know that earlier today the music world