Bluegrass/country/Gospel singer Jessica Stiles has dropped a first single from her upcoming vinyl EP, Little Darlin'. It's one she wrote called Answer Him, which features Jessica singing with harmony vocals from Lester Armistead of the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Terry Eldridge
The Roys are offering a taste of their next Rural Rhythm Project, The View, with a new single released today. It's called No More Lonely, written by the band's sibling namesakes, Lee and Elaine Roy, along with noted country writer
Alan Jackson's bluegrass album, appropriately though controversially titled, The Bluegrass Album, has won the first annual Golden Boot award from the popular country music web site, The Boot. Winners were selected by an online ballot, and Alan more than doubled his closest
As they have for the past few years, DelFest has posted video from the last night/late night jam with the Travelin' McCourys at the 2014 iteration of DelFest. Each year the festival closes out with the McCourys jamming on stage with
Those of us who are devoted fans or part time/amateur pickers see the world of a touring bluegrass artist as a glamorous life. Riding around on a nice bus, getting to play before adoring crowds, making the big money... Some of that
You may known them as The Meyer Family, Meyer Bluegrass Band, or perhaps simply as The Meyers. Either way, these four talented young siblings now officially branded as Meyerband are among the most closely-watched up-and-comers in bluegrass music. Early notice came in
For the past fifty plus years, Roger Siminoff has been at the forefront of technical analysis for fretted stringed instruments. He has published his research over the years in a number of publications geared towards acoustic musicians, notably Banjo NewsLetter
Randy Cook & Commonwealth Bluegrass has welcomed fiddler Wally Hughes as an official member of the band. Hughes has been doing some shows with Randy and the gang since they started playing together recently, and Cook is very pleased to have him onboard. "We
East-West is a young bluegrass band from Slovakia and Czech Republic, made up of prominent eastern European musicians. With several members performing with more than one band, East-West had been sort of a special project group since their founding in
With first round ballots out for the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards, the IBMA is also starting work on the Special Awards it bestows. These are selected not by the voting membership at large, but by special committees of bluegrass
