Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia and surrounding environs, the Lonesome Town Painters currently call East Vancouver home. "It's where the majority of us live — and have lived — and there's a real independent creative spirit in this community."So says
It's certainly no exaggeration to say that Alison Brown has helped redefine the role of the banjo in modern music. Her series of solo albums have made that abundantly clear since the beginning, and her interpretive prowess has not only
Canada's Rosemary Siemens has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, and for several auspicious occasions as well. A five-time Covenant Award-winning violinist and vocalist, she's taken the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, made four appearances at Carnegie
We've all heard it said that music is a wonderful thing for youngsters to study. Even those who will never consider doing it professionally, or even on stage, can still learn valuable lessons about discipline, attention to detail, and the
There's an old saying, "Behind every good man, there's a good woman." In east Tennessee banjo picker Lincoln Hensley's case, it's "the man behind the man." The young banjoist is quick to credit 84-year-old Edison Wallin, a fellow Unicoi County,
Largely known as a so-called "progressive bluegrass band," The Infamous Stringdusters can take credit for being among a new crop of artists and ensembles that have spawned their music from a traditional template and, in turn, reaped the rewards that
It’s always enlightening, if sometimes unexpected, to find artists inspired and informed by bluegrass in places one would never think to encounter it. Indeed, India is, at least to most people's way of thinking, more associated with music of eastern origin,
Southern California virtuoso harmonica player, teacher, composer, and session player David Naiditch has been part of the Los Angeles music scene for many years. His website bio says he "was tutored on the diatonic harmonica by the legendary blues icon,
Despite any indication offered otherwise by their handle, The Stanley County Cut-ups take their music quite seriously. Based in the longitudinal centre of Canada, specifically, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba — or as the group's Tim Osmond describes it, "14
Amy Kassir is a fiddler and singer from Durham, NC, whose keen melodic sense and dazzling facility on her instrument shine from the sweetest of waltzes to blazing breakdowns. She plays in several Northern California-based bands and talks about that
