During 2011 while Béla Fleck was writing his banjo concerto, The Imposter, he was closely tailed by filmmaker Sascha Paladino to capture the process. Entering the realm of the symphony orchestra was something completely new for Fleck, who doesn't read music,
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper are spearheading a benefit concert this weekend for Randy Griffith, father of Flamekeeper bassist Tyler Griffith. Randy, who just turned 52, was diagnosed recently with glioblastoma multiform grade 4 (a brain tumor), and is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy
The Larry Stephenson Band is back in the studio, working on a new Gospel CD. This will be Larry's 5th album of all spiritual music. Larry is recording at the Rec Room Studio in Nashville, with Ben Surratt engineering. His regular
We've written before about Bennett Sullivan, a banjo player plying his trade in New York City, and his fine album of new banjo tunes, Lady Nora. In addition to performing in and around the Big Apple, Bennett is also a successful
Here's the third installment in Bobby Osborne's set of video recollections in celebration of his 50th Anniversary as a member of The Grand Ole Opry. This episode picks up where Bobby left off in volume 2, with him moving from Dayton
Compass Records has created a nice introduction to the upcoming Special Consensus album, Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver, due later this month. It's a video shot in their Nashville studio that mixes music performance clips with band interviews
When the Del McCoury Band played live last week on The Katy Daley Show at WAMU's Bluegrass Country, the station's video crew captured the band performing one of the songs from their current Streets Of Baltimore album, Big Blue Raindrops. Video was
Rounder Records has completed its move to Nashville, as was first announced last Fall. Their facility in Burlington, MA has now been closed, though founding partners Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton Levy will continue to work from their homes
The Appalachian Cultural Music Association, located on the border between the cities of Bristol in Tennessee and Virginia, has prepared a new exhibit for its Mountain Music Museum to honor a regional music and education celebrity. Papa Joe Smiddy, now 93
Generation Bluegrass, a film made about and by young bluegrass musicians, was released in September of 2012. Corey Smith, guitarist with Ash Breeze, was the impetus behind the project, using the money he made working on his family's farm to
