• Coal Minin’ Man video from Urban Folk Quartet

    Britain's Urban Folk Quartet has spent the past 14 years refining their unique and eclectic sound, which draws equally from English, Celtic, and Appalachian resources. It's not odd to also find traces of other European traditional music in their repertoire,

  • Liquor Store from Armchair Boogie

    From Madison, WI comes Armchair Boogie, a four piece newgrass group that have been making moves in the jamgrass scene since their founding in 2015, after meeting at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Their sound relies on original material and

  • Shelby Eicher to Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

    Among the 2024 inductees into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is Tulsa fiddler Shelby Eicher, who had dedicated his professional career to country, bluegrass, and swing music. Like so many top traditional musicians, Shelby grew up in a musical family,

  • Dave Freeman passes

    Dave Freeman, bluegrass and old time music archivist, record label owner, and historian, has died at 84 years of age. He passed early on Christmas morning after several years of ill health, at home, surrounded by family. He is perhaps best

  • Yonder Bar is coming to Denver

    A new entertainment venue and watering hole in Denver, CO is set to open early in 2024 with a newgrass and progressive bluegrass vibe. Yonder Bar is taking over the space occupied this past 20 years by Sancho's Broken Arrow on

  • Glen Duncan recovering from a stroke

    Popular Nashville fiddler, songwriter, and producer Glen Duncan is recovering from a series of strokes suffered on December 20. He is hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where his improvement over the past several days has been described by

  • Congratulations Mason and Waverly!

    Mason Via and Waverly Leonard at Moore's Knob (12/23/23) - photo © Shane Sargent A Christmas bluegrass proposal! And an extra romantic one at that. On December 23, Mason Via, he of Old Crowe Medicine Show and a bluegrass record deal with

  • Brad Powers to Hammertowne

    Well... that didn't take long. Just a week ago we shared that Dale Thomas was stepping away from his banjo role with Hammertowne, and the band already has news about a new member. Brad Powers from Staffordsville, KY, will be the new

  • Linus and Lucy, triple banjo style

    In the Christmas, didn't-know-you-needed-this-until-you-saw-it department... Foggy Mountain Spaceship, a banjo trio from Colorado, has recored a version of Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy from the soundtrack for the 1965 Peanuts animated special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'm not sure if youngsters these