Bluegrass Videos

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

Here's a set of photos and a few videos from Wednesday at the 2015 World of Bluegrass from Tara Linhardt. Nessie Expedition on the Masters Stage... Lonesome River Band at the Momentum Awards... And The Church Sisters at the Momentum Awards.

As the popularity of bluegrass music increases around the world, collaborations with virtuosic players from outside the genre become more common. In particular, musicians from other folk styles often find common cause with bluegrass pickers, and usually the fondness goes both

Singer/songwriter Cindy G has released a music video for the title track of her new CD, Jail Break. The video follows the narrator, played by Cindy, escaping from prison as a metaphor for breaking out of a bad love, and finding

Bluegrass covers of pop songs goes back a long way in our music. Perhaps the first to gain universal recognition was the arrangement of Fox On The Run that Emerson & Waldron picked up from British rockers Manfred Mann in

The "making of" video is becoming a standard promotional tool in the acoustic music world, offering fans a little peak into the process of recording. They generally offer snippets of audio from an upcoming project, some behind the scenes footage

Thanks to the folks at the Mountain Music Project, we have this video of the performance of Angeline The Baker featuring 491 mandolins at last month's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax. It is believed that the group has set the new Guinness

Old time artist Matt Kinman has released this homespun video of him performing Cold Icy Mountain, one of the songs included on his upcoming album with Moses Nelligan, Travelin' Songs. Kinman is a lifelong musician, though he had spent much of

Here's a new Irish band to keep an eye on, Cup O’Joe. It's a trio of siblings from Northern Ireland, the Agnews, who perform together playing both bluegrass and gypsy jazz. Benjamin is the eldest at 20, on bass, with Reuben (18) on

Here's another music video from Country Grass, the latest album release from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. The concept of this project is to pair hits by recent country stars with a driving bluegrass band. The band, of course is