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Darren Beachley and Barry Scott stirred up a buzz when they announced in December 2010 that they would be joining forces as the Beachley & Scott Band. The two Quicksilver alums have put together a fine band with Shayne Bartley on

Fellow bluegrass blogger Ted Lehmann has published a lengthy and detailed review of Help My Brother, the new CD from The Gibson Brothers, due February 22 from Compass Records. Ted goes song-by-song through the album, and includes more than a dozen

What a great album title! One Foot In The Honky Tonk is the name of the upcoming CD release from James Reams and the Barnstormers, due shortly on Reams' Mountain Redbird label. Though based now in the bluegrass mecca of Brooklyn

Rhonda Vincent shared a big batch of photos from her recent appearance on A Prairie Home Companion. She and The Rage performed on the show this past Saturday (2/12) from Bemidji, MN. Her entourage snapped photos before, during and after the

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage will be guests on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, which airs live tonight (2/12) from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (EST). The show is carried on almost 600 public radio stations in the US, with some

Close followers of the Garfield comic strip over the years will have noted that cartoonist Jim Davis is wont to drop in the odd banjo reference now and then. Is Davis a closet five-stringer? Or does he just think the

We posted last week with news about In A Groove, the upcoming debut CD from Terry Baucom. It's hard to even comprehend describing a "debut" project for a 40 year veteran in the bluegrass music world. Terry got his start right

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for this Sunday, February 13 and Sam Bush is using the occasion of his nomination of Circles Around Me in the Best Bluegrass Album category as the basis for a fun Facebook promotion. Sam

We just heard from Matt Munsey, mandolinist with Monroeville, with some very happy news. He and his wife, Juliana, are celebrating the birth this morning of their daughter, Liliana, their first child. Needless to say, Matt is beside himself... "Her name is Liliana

The only magazine in the United Kingdom dedicated to acoustic music is aptly named, Acoustic Magazine. The most recent edition, #50 February, 2011, features an interview with guitarist David Grier. UK based banjo player Leon Hunt conducted the interview. The magazine