• Carnival video from Nora Jane Struthers

    Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line have released a first music video from their new album, Carnival. It's for the title cut, written by Ms. Struthers, featuring her and her merry band: Aaron Lewis on fiddle, Joe Overton on banjo,

  • Toogaroo from Covered Grass

    Attendees at the 2012 World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville may recall seeing a showcase set from Covered Grass, a highly entertaining band from the western part of Germany who have been working together since 2006. The group is based on

  • La La La La Lah from The Wortmann Brothers

    Here's a somber sounding new video from Germany. It's a new release from The Wortmann Brothers, featuring Ulrich Wortmann on banjo and vocals.   Watching the video for the first time, with its gray, gritty industrial scenes and lonesome banjo accompaniment, I thought

  • Big Sciota from Jaywalkers

    Jaywalkers is an interesting and eclectic English string band from southeast of Liverpool who have developed quite a reputation among fans of modern acoustic music in the UK. They have a pair of albums, Early For A Thursday and 16

  • Dierks loves him some banjo

    We've written many times on Bluegrass Today about country star Dierks Bentley's love for bluegrass music. Even before the release of his 2010 bluegrass album, Up On The Ridge, Bentley had recorded and performed with The Grascals, and shared the

  • Walk Away video from Steel Wheels

    The Steel Wheels have released a couple of live videos of songs that will be included in their next album, No More Rain, due April 12. Like their previous albums, this next features their trademark mix of traditional mountain and old

  • Ship Of Fools from Pert Near Sandstone

    Pert Near Sandstone is releasing a single from their upcoming album, continuing the bluegrass/old time hybrid sound that has brought them to national prominence. The song is Ship Of Fools, and a limited run of 500 7'' vinyl copies will be

  • Paul Reed Smith – A Conversation On Tone

    Earlier this year, we reported on celebrated electric guitar builder Paul Reed Smith's move into the acoustic market, and his choice of hypersonic flatpicker Cody Kilby as an endorser. Recently, Smith convened an all-star panel of acoustic guitar masters for a

  • Cruel Alibis video from Mustered Courage

    It's been a year and a half since we heard from modern grassers Mustered Courage. At that time, the four young Australians had just released their debut album and, since then, they have been touring aggressively and working on a follow-up project. The

  • Broken video from April Verch

    The new album from April Verch, Bright Like Gold, won't release until April 2, but a debut music video is available now. It's for the song, Broken, one of April's songs/tunes that serves as the opening track for the upcoming CD. This