• Rhiannon Giddens talks bluegrass and IBMA

    Daniel Mullins had a chance to chat yesterday evening with Rhiannon Giddens shortly she delivered her keynote address to open the 2017 World Of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. Rhiannon, who will be familiar to bluegrass fans as a former

  • The Margaret Keene video from Mile Twelve

    Mile Twelve really is a definitively Boston band. Only one of its members hails from the city, the rest came to either attend school or were drawn by its music scene, like much of the under-30 demographic there. Young people have

  • The Native Howl brings the thrash grass

    And now for something completely different... If you've been following bluegrass more than a few years, you'll have heard a number of hybrids mixing it with country music, or folk, old time, rock, hip hop, or jazz. We've seen acoustic heavy

  • Carolina video from Backline Bluegrass

    A bluegrass song about Carolina! Who'd 'a thunk it? That's the title of the first video and single from Backline Bluegrass, recently signed to Poor Mountain Records. It features the fresh young voice of guitarist Katelyn Ingardia, supported by Travis Tucker

  • Faded Rose video from Carolina Blue

    Carolina Blue has released a debut music video from their Poor Mountain Records project, Sounds Of Kentucky Grass. Faded Rose has a distinctly throwback vibe, to both the recorded track and the video, recapturing the look and sound of bluegrass in

  • Jim Mills and Henry howl at the moon

    Howling at the banjo, I should say. Here's a light-hearted video that should bring you a smile. Avid banjo collector and tradesman Jim Mills is in the habit of shooting a quick video whenever he gets a new instrument in the shop,

  • Rebekah Long previews Run Away

    For her second solo project, Run Away, Rebekah Long has enlisted the help of some Nashville bluegrass superstars. Her friend and frequent co-writer Donna Ulisse served as producer, and banjo wizard Scott Vestal handled the recording and mixing. In the studio