• Feller & Hill to Rural Rhythm

    Rural Rhythm Records, based in Nashville, has announced the signing of Indiana grassers Feller & Hill to the label. Their next album, Brothers and Heroes, is expected from Rural Rhythm this fall. The singing duo first hit in 2012 when banjoist

  • Congratulations Laura and Tony!

    There was another lovely bluegrass wedding this past weekend in western Massachusetts when one of Boston's bluegrass power couples, Laura Orshaw and Tony Watt, were married. Tony teaches guitar, mandolin, and jam classes in Cambridge, and Laura plays fiddle for

  • My Brother’s Keeper to Poor Mountain Records

    Poor Mountain Records in western North Carolina has announced the signing of My Brother's Keeper, a progressive bluegrass and Gospel group from Cincinnati. The group is made up of three brothers - Benjamin, Titus, and Joshua Luckhaupt -  who play guitar,

  • Bill Monroe for Sale

    These four words, somewhat extreme in black and white, have been met with gasps of alarm and incredulity, and much sadness among Bill Monroe's many admirers. The response is understandable given the sudden attempt to dispose of his name and

  • Two new videos from Band of Kelleys

    I've always said, you meet the nicest bunch of people in bluegrass music. It's true at festivals and shows, jams and pickin's and it's just as true of performers as it is for fans. This was demonstrated again this week as

  • Tony Williams passes

    Tony Williams, bluegrass entrepreneur, promoter, and all-around friend to the music died this morning in the hospital near his home in Kentucky from multiple post-surgical complications. He was 70 years of age. Though he was involved in multiple aspects of the

  • Deer Creek Boys to GHS

    Virginia's Deer Creek Boys are the most recent bluegrass artists to receive an endorsement from GHS Strings. The Battle Creek, MI manufacturer has a long history of support for bluegrass artists, with dozens of endorsing acts using their banjo, mandolin, and