Mandolin aficionados have had their eye on Jacob Jolliff for quite some time. Even as a youngster growing up in the Pacific northwest, Jacob distinguished himself as a strong player, performing with his father's bluegrass Gospel band. But it was more
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced an online summer series of courses beginning over this next few months. These are available for both students already enrolled in the program who are
Special Consensus has been getting a lot of attention of late for Chicago Barn Dance, the title track on their just-released album from Compass Records. The song is currently #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart, so it's obviously
And now for something completely different... The Infamous Stringdusters have never been afraid to take their music in new directions, or to apply their forward-looking grass to different styles. So you may not be shocked to learn that their latest collaboration
For anyone who has studied the early days of bluegrass and country music, the name Farm and Fun Time rings a familiar bell. Broadcast from the mid-1940s through much of the '50s from WCYB radio in Bristol, VA, the show
Many thanks are due to Dave Houle who found this classic Bill Monroe clip from 1975 and has shared it on YouTube. It finds Bill and the Blue Grass Boys in the studio recording a jingle for Dr. Pepper, during which
Warren Waldren, Judy Waldren, Hazel Pasley, Amy Clay, Jonathan Bradshaw, Asa Nelson, and Elizabeth LaPrelle Great news for fans of traditional mountain music! The Mountain Minor, a new film project from writer/director Dale Farmer, is set to make its television broadcast debut
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have just released a music video for one of the songs on their current For The Record project. The song is O-hio, written by Tom Ewing, about the region where the Mullins family has lived for
I first became acquainted with this talented Pennsylvania group when I misread their name as the Jakob's Ferry Stranglers, and credited them thusly in a set of concert photos. That prompted guitarist and lead vocalist Gary Antol to reach out
Circa Blue has released a new recording, with a music video, of a song they originally cut back in 2016. It's one called I Sing Your Song, written by Steve Harris, with David Morris and Dawn Kenney, which is offered now
