• Earls of Leicester scaring up work

    It looks like the Earls of Leicester have fallen on hard times. Members of the band have been seen in costume at a number of Nashville-area hotspots trying to drum up custom for their upcoming Music City mini-tour. Somebody should throw

  • New song and video from James Reams

    James Reams has released a new single and an introductory video from his next album, Rhyme & Season. It was recorded with the west coast edition of his band, The Barnstormers: Michael Rolland on fiddle, Billy Parker on mandolin, Tyler James on

  • Banjo seminar from Galax

    Here's some better news from the 2015 Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax. It's a video produced from a banjo seminar held during the festival week this year at the Chestnut Creek School of the Arts in Galax. Moderated by Jeremy Stephens, and including

  • Ragged Union does Zeppelin

    Is the entire catalog of late '60s and 1970s rock music being converted to bluegrass? The Hillbenders have recut Tommy as a bluegrass opry, and Town Mountain has a Grateful Dead tribute EP coming out next month. And now there's this

  • Kristin Scott Benson interview

    New York banjo picker and entrepreneur Bennett Sullivan has shared this video interview with Kristin Scott Benson which he recorded when she was up in his area recently. Kristin is the banjo picker with The Grascals, and has been named Banjo Player

  • Dead Session coming from Town Mountain

    You didn't really think that a remake of Tommy bluegrass style would be the end of it, did you? Now here comes Town Mountain with The Dead Session, a special two-track project celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead. Scheduled for

  • Dove Awards tonight – Volume Five video

    The Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards are scheduled for tonight (10/13) in Nashville at the Lipscomb University Allen Arena. The show is sold out, but is being recorded for broadcast this weekend on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Among the many awards to

  • Clyde’s Music Barn short documentary

    The amateur bluegrass music scene is a part of our community that rarely sees the spotlight. Amateur pickers and singers work hard to hone their craft, and rejoice in opportunities to perform for other bluegrass lovers. Many have years of playing