The Lexington, Kentucky-based WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour staged its 1000th show with a taping on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Special guests on this historic occasion were the two-time Grammy award-winning Riders In The Sky. Riders In The Sky’s founder member and
The live concert album from The Earls of Leicester on Rounder has been a big hit since it was released last year. Captured for both audio and video during a two-night stint at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Hame & Museum
Cindy Baucom's annual bluegrass Christmas show is heading your way! Each year Cindy, along with Terry, her banjo-pickin' husband, host a special Christmas edition of her syndicated radio program, Knee Deep In Bluegrass. Heard on dozens of affiliates across the southern
Bluegrass fans have enjoyed music from Ron Block since the 1980s when he first appeared on the scene playing banjo with Weary Hearts, the same group that introduced us to Chris Jones, Butch Baldassari, and Mike Bub. After a short
Hank Smith, fearless leader of Hank, Pattie & The Current, is the latest banjoist to be featured in the series of Oral History interviews conducted by Bud Bennett at Radford University. Based on his personal interest in the banjo, and
The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has only been active for a decade and a half, but people in the southwestern part of the state have already seen and felt its impact. It's especially true among musicians, artists, and artisans
Here's a new book on bluegrass music in our nation's capitol that is likely to turn up under a lot of trees this Christmas, all over the US. Capitol Bluegrass - Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. was written by award-winning George
The now common term, Black Friday, referring to the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the Christmas shopping season, seems like it has been with us forever, but it actually only dates back to the early 1960s. We
Here's a first listen to Fast Track, the brand new band everyone in bluegrass is talking about. The group was born when David Parmley recently decided to hang up his traveling shoes, and retire from his touring band, Cardinal Tradition.
Frank & Allie Lee have released a single and a music video from their upcoming 2020 album on Bake Tone Records, Treat A Stranger Right. The accomplished old time duo are also recognized for their work with The Freight Hoppers. Frank's
