• Lonesome River Band on Letterman

    A suitably attired Lonesome River Band delivered another big shot in the arm for bluegrass music with an impeccable performance of Molly (Where's Your Man Tonight), a song that the band recorded for their No Turning Back album, released in

  • Lonesome River Band takes Manhattan

    Sammy Shelor and Lonesome River Band spent yesterday afternoon at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York's theater district, taping a segment of The Late Show with David Letterman which will air tonight (11/11). The band spent Wednesday evening

  • Crooked Still concert live online

    Crooked Still has only a few more dates before they conclude their 10 year anniversary tour, and then go on another hiatus. If their schedule doesn't bring them to your town, you can watch their show tonight (11/10) from Freight &

  • Music From The True Vine

    Among the books mentioned in the University of North Carolina Press Fall/Winter 2011 catalogue is Bill C. Malone’s biography, Music From The True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life & Musical Journey. The recently-deceased Seeger was the son of musicologists Charles and Ruth Crawford Seeger

  • Folk Alliance FAR-West honors Laurie Lewis

    Laurie Lewis has been honored with the 2011 Performer Award from the Folk Alliance FAR-West, the western regional chapter of the Folk Alliance International. The Bay Area fiddle player and singer/songwriter was presented with the award at the 2011 FAR-West Conference,

  • Photos from Bill Monroe tribute on PHC

    Kathy Chiavola has posted a number of candid photos from this past Saturday's Bill Monroe tribute broadcast on A Prairie Home Companion. The show featured a number of stellar bluegrass artists, most of them former Blue Grass Boys. Kathy was on

  • New video blog from Farewell Drifters

    The Farewell Drifters have posted a new video blog, wherein the guys successfully negotiate the drive through at Cookout, jam out on stage, and utilize a B-bender Telecaster. Zach Bevill is also captured in a pensive moment with his guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6A4lYNhUw

  • Lonesome River Band on Letterman

    This coming Friday (11/11), Lonesome River Band will not only be the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, Sammy Shelor will appear as a guest with Steve Martin for official recognition of Sammy as the winner of

  • Della Mae – Big Spike Hammer

    I've been waiting for this. Ever since distaff grassers Della Mae started making waves in Boston a couple years back, I have been looking out for a video of them performing the Pete Goble/Bobby Osborne, classic Big Spike Hammer, the song