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I’ve discussed the issue of CD sales here in the past. Disregard whatever I may have said before because there have been some important new developments on that front. Well, one, mainly: people really aren’t buying those things.  I’m exaggerating a

Nathan Stanley, who as the grandson of the great Dr. Ralph Stanley, represents the third generation of the Stanley sound, has announced an agreement with the April Potter Agency in Nashville. Potter and her team will assume full management and

Pinecastle Records has dropped a single this week from Flashback, the first from their next album, Blues Around My Cabin, expected in early spring. This one offers a bit of historical fiction from guitarist Richard Bennet in a story about 19th

We are delighted to welcome a new photographer to Bluegrass Today, Bryan Bolea, with 529 Photography in Michigan. He shoots a good deal of bluegrass music in his part of the upper midwest, and will be behind the lens for

You have to admire a band like Serene Green. They find contentment in extolling the virtues of traditional bluegrass, paying no heed to whether or not they actually adhere to modern mores. The Pennsylvania-based quartet, consisting of Quentin Fisher (mandolin),

Orchard Creek Band is a new group on Colorado's Front Range, who sprung from the region's vibrant jam scene. From Denver to Boulder there are jam sessions most every night of the week at a bar or coffeehouse, allowing pickers to make

Lil Smokies in Breckenridge, CO (12/19/19) - photo by Scott Seifert With their new album, Tornillo, it appears that the Lil Smokies have made a quantum leap forward in terms of their musical maturity, and the ability to turn their lively

Songwriters often toil in obscurity, relegated to the fine print on CD covers, or sharing their creations with a handful of listeners and fans in writer rounds, hoping to sell a few CDs. But every once in a while, one of

 Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee at the 2020 YeeHaw Music Fest - photo © Bill Warren Ernie and Debi Evans had another successful YeeHaw Music Festival. Friday and Saturday were both great music days. Friday led off with Penny Creek. They are one

Mile Twelve is celebrating 2020 with a new take on an old standard. The Boston-based quintet has done a mild reworking of Rocky Island, a mountain classic recorded by Ralph Stanley in 1974, and released it as a single. And they have produced