• Carlton Haney hospitalized

    We are sorry to share news that bluegrass pioneer Carlton Haney is in poor health. He suffered a stroke last week, and is currently in the ICU at the Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Haney was a seminal

  • Henhouse Prowlers on the inside

    Here's the fourth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the

  • Henhouse Prowlers in Netherlands

    Here's the third report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from mandolinist and newest member, Grant Ziolkowski. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week or

  • Henhouse Prowlers in Eeklo

    Here's the second report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week

  • Day 1 for the Prowlers

    Here's the first report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week or so.

  • Henhouse Prowlers head for Europe

    Chicago grassers, The Henhouse Prowlers, are about to start a whirlwind tour of Europe. They will play 13 shows over the next 10 days in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Despite this busy schedule, the guys have promised to send along reports

  • Alan Bibey gets the boot

    Alan Bibey checked in this morning from Grasstowne's ongoing tour of California. They have been on the west coast since last week, and have another week yet before heading back east. Their new CD, Kickin' Up Dust, is due from Rural

  • EBMA and EWOB part ways

    With the 3rd European Bluegrass Summit (18-20 Feb. 2011) recently concluded in Bühl, Germany, the news has been announced that the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) and the European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) Festival have amicably divorced one another. The two organizations have long enjoyed

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

    Photographer Milo Farineau and his journalist wife, Diane, caught The Carolina Chocolate Drops this past weekend in Charlottesville, VA. Here are Milo's photos, and Diane's interview with the group. The Carolina Chocolate Drops may have just won a Grammy for being

  • Yonder Mountain String Band in Charlottesville

    Milo Farineau, one of our favorite photojournalists, sent along another fabulous set of images from last night's (2/16) Yonder Mountain String Band concert in Charlottesville, VA. As we have mentioned in the past, Milo is working on a photo book project