• Amber Collins – On The Corner

    Another strong release from southwestern Virginia is On The Corner, the debut solo project from Amber Collins, who fronts the Galax-based No Speed Limit. Much of the band assists her on this album, but most prominent is guitarist Josh Pickett

  • More Dierks: live on Imus and in WSJ

    He's everywhere! As we mentioned yesterday, Dierks Bentley is popping up all across the media promoting his newly released CD, Up On The Ridge. Newspapers, radio, online... He has also made quite a few television appearances, bringing his bluegrass-themed music to a

  • Up On The Ridge – Dierks Bentley

    Today, June 8, marks the official release of Dierks Bentley's much anticipated 'bluegrass album,' Up On The Ridge. We have spoken of it several times here on Bluegrass Today, and Bentley has been making a full-on media push this past

  • Lonesome County on Woodsongs

    Lonesome County made an appearance on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour in December of last year. They perform primarily on a regional basis near their home in Michigan, and guitarist/vocalist Chad Jeremy said that he sent submissions in to Woodsongs

  • Everyone Is Talking – Farewell Drifters

    The 5th installment in The Farewell Drifters' video series for their upcoming Yellow Tag Mondays CD release is out. It's an introduction to Zach Bevill's song, Everyone Is Talking, which was featured in a music video earlier this year. Zach explains

  • Crooked Still on Woodsongs

    We've written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple of videos, and a lengthy interview with banjoist Greg Liszt published here earlier this month. The band also appeared recently

  • For No One from the Drifters

    Here's the latest episode in The Farewell Drifters' video track-by-track series, created to introduce the music from their upcoming CD, Yellow Tag Mondays. Last week I accused them of a Beatlesque flair in their original song, Sunnyside Drive, and looky here...

  • Sunnyside Drive from The Farewell Drifters

    Here is the third video preview from Yellow Tag Mondays, the upcoming album by The Farewell Drifters. This time, it's Sunnyside Drive, an autobiographical sketch from the musical brothers Britt (Joshua and Clayton). The song is yet another relentlessly cheerful Drifters

  • Jesse Daniel to Josh Williams Band

    Mandolinist Jesse Daniel has joined The Josh Williams Band. The position has been open for several months, with a number of pickers handling the shows, and Josh is happy to have Jesse on board. Daniels is a native of Fyffe, AL

  • Joe Diffie – Homecoming

    Back in the late summer of 2008, we first shared news about country crooner Joe Diffie making a return to bluegrass music, from whence he came before Nashville made him a star in the 1990s. Rounder signed him to a