• Mistletoe Minnie video from Bill & The Belles

    From east Tennessee comes a new secular Christmas song from Bill and The Belles, an annual tradition for the band, in their quirky, post-vaudeville/pre-bluegrass string band sound. This one was written by Kris Truelsen, a.k,a. Bill, with the assistance of his

  • It was a good year for Alice Gerrard

    2017 has been an excellent year for Alice Gerrard. The most significant aspect is her induction in Raleigh, North Carolina, with the late Hazel Dickens into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Hazel and Alice were a pioneering female duo

  • Nirvana-grass video from The Grasslers

    The Grasslers - photo by Peggy Porquet We've covered The Grasslers once before, a French bluegrass band with a passion for steampunk imagery, 19th century Americana, and sweeping cinematic vision. Oh, and the music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. When we last

  • The Grass Waltz show in Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia has long been home to many things. It's a vibrant cosmopolitan city with a diverse population that manages to retain it's southern charm. Measured with its surrounding suburbs, the population is close to 6 million people so if