• No One You Know to Mountain Fever

    Mountain Fever Records has signed No One You Know to the label, and will release their new album, Calm Before The Storm on August 31. The West Virginia band features Rachel Burge on mandolin, Don Anderson on bass, Ramie Bennett on

  • The first 3D bluegrass video?

    Well...  it's the first one I've heard about. Brian Hilligoss, a Chicago-based artist and producer/director has decided to fight back against the way technology is squeezing out music in the entertainment world - by using the latest technology. When his partner

  • Fleck, Meyer and Hussain on NPR

    NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts has a feature up that features an impromptu performance from Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain. This series of short concerts are shot and recorded in the offices of NPR Music, specifically at the desk of

  • That’s a lot of Dusters on a boat

    So sayeth Chris Pandolfi in another of his "day in the life" videos of The Infamous Stringdusters on the road. This time our heroes are in Seattle to perform at the Tractor Music Club - but first a bit of wake

  • Chatnam County Line at Country Standard Time

    Country Standard Time uses the recent release of their latest CD, Wildwood, as the springboard for a lengthy piece about alt-bluegrass road warriors Chatham County Line. The article by Brian Baker, conducted largely as an interview with Chatham County Line guitarist/vocalist

  • Barry Bales video contest

    Have Bass Will Travel... That's the name of a clever YouTube video created by AKUS bass man Barry Bales, and of the video contest we are running on Bluegrass Today in conjunction with the recent release of his AcuTab bass

  • Last Train To Clarksville

    The music video from The Grascals' version of the Monkees hit Last Train To Clarksville debuts today on The Boot. The song is the opening track of their current Rounder CD, The Famous Lefty Flynn's, and the video includes just what

  • A final word from Butch Baldassari

    SoundArt Recordings has announced an early August release for a new project from Butch Baldassari and Van Manakas, Leavin' Tennessee, which was completed shortly before Butch succumbed to an aggressive brain cancer in 2009. The album features Butch on mandolin with

  • Infamous Stringdusters at High Sierra

    Chris Pandolfi, the nimble banjoist with The Infamous Stringdusters, has produced another travelogue of the band's adventures on the road. This time out, he focuses his camera on their recent trip to Quincy in northwestern California over the July 4 weekend

  • Michael Cleveland swings it solid

    Everybody in the bluegrass world knows what a monster fiddler Michael Cleveland is, but it seems that he impressed some gypsy jazz folks this past weekend as well. Michael and Flamekeeper were in Butte, MT performing at the National Folk Festival