Even wonder how someone gets into luthiery? In this video, Ken Hooper explains how he got interested in building guitars for bluegrass players, as he shows us around his shop in Elkin, NC.
Bluegrass Videos
New video from the Flatbellys
Show Me A Brick Wall is the subject of a new music video from Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, recorded live at their home in Ionia, MI. This is where they are planning to record their new album, also live
Living In Raleigh Now video from Chatham County Line
With a new song inspired by the IBMA moving its World of Bluegrass Convention to Raleigh, NC through 2018 - and sure to irritate Kentucky folks disappointed by that eventuality - North Carolina's Chatham County Line has produced a music video that celebrates their
Greensky Bluegrass teases If Sorrows Swim
Michigan's Greensky Bluegrass has released a video tease for their next CD, If Sorrows Swim, due to drop next week through Thirty Tigers. The guys talk about the process of recording this new album, with audio for a track or two
Dear Sister video from Claire Lynch
Dear Sister, the title track from Claire Lynch's current CD, has been a very popular number for her this past 18 months or so. Co-written by Claire and Louisa Branscomb, it continues her habit of recording thoughtful and compelling songs
Valerie Smith on The Human Condition
You can never be too sure what to expect from Valerie Smith. Her contributions to the musical arts follow her whim, as all art must do I suppose. Val has come through some difficult times of late, including health issues related to
Red Oak Tree video from Donna Hughes
Donna Hughes has released a music video from her two new albums. That's right... two new albums. Hughes drops a pair of projects today, consisting of her original songs, packaged separately with different titles. From The Heart is produced as a
Blue Is Falling video from Hot Rize
Hot Rize has created a music video for the debut single from their upcoming album, When I'm Free, their first in 24 years. This video for Blue Is Falling was shot in Boulder, CO at a benefit concert for victims of the terrible
Darin & Brooke – Get Up John
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have offered up a sneak peek from their next recording, a driving version of the old time favorite, Get Up John, with cross tuned mandolin from studio guest, Sam Bush, in the Monroe style. Though no date
Cold Spell promotional video
Compass Records has produced a promotional video for Cold Spell, the newly-released project from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. It includes snippets from several of the songs, and brief interviews with each of the band members: Frank Solivan on mandolin, Mike Munford










