One wouldn’t necessarily expect that serving a stint in Antartica would be the inspiration for making music, and bluegrass music in particular. Yet for Joey Capoccia, vocalist and guitarist of the Olympia, Washington-based band, The Pine Hearts, it did just
Andrew Crawford bills himself as "a career guitarist, instructor, singer, songwriter, and producer from South Carolina." But in truth, he's more than that. In addition to the time he's spent touring, teaching and recording, he's also shared stages and studios
Thomm Jutz and Tammy Rogers may operate in slightly different spheres, but Surely Will Be Singing, their aptly dubbed new album— and their first effort as a duo — makes its clear they are solidly in sync. Rogers, lead singer and
Bluegrass, like any form of popular music, is at its best when it's lively, upbeat and given a populist perspective. That's the kind of music Chris Castino appears to revel in, as his new LP clearly indicates. His earlier efforts
Granted, Finland isn't a place that one would normally associate with bluegrass. On the other hand, there is a certain similarity in terrain, given that its mountains and far flung environs boast a certain similarity to upper realms of Appalachia.
Confronted by the problems and perils brought on by the pandemic and all the other issues that they and everyone else have been forced to deal with recently, Greensky Bluegrass' aptly named opus, Stress Dreams, manages to find hope in
Best known up until now as the banjo player and chief provocateur for the band Che Apalache, Joe Troop took heart with the arrival of 2021, thanks to the election of a new president and hope that a series of
Scotland's Homecoming String Band is more than merely a bluegrass band that happens to hail from the opposite side of the ocean. Their purpose is to celebrate the contributions their Scottish forebears made to this country's traditional tapestry — that
Si Kahn's sadly overlooked 1997 bluegrass classic, Been a Long Time, gets a reboot nearly 25 years after it was originally issued, a belated attempt to make up for that fact that it languished in obscurity due to the lack of
Based in Portland, Oregon, Never Come Down are an astute outfit that weave a multi-textured dimension to their grassicana motif. There's a great deal of depth to their approach, one that finds them blending the nominal instrumental elements of traditional
