Bluegrass band news

Dixie Bee-Liners were a guest on Tuesday's edition of Folk Alley on NPR. Both audio and video from the show can be found on the Folk Alley page at NPR.org. The full 25 minute audio from their visit can be heard,

The Grascals have put together an informal video to keep their fans up to date with all their comings and goings this year. Jamie Johnson, Terry Eldridge and Danny Roberts take turns interviewing each other as they talk about visiting

Bluegrass Today always pays special attention where young pickers are concerned. The education and nurturing of our next generation of bluegrass artists is a matter of great concern to many formerly young people such as myself who care deeply about

Just yesterday we mentioned that The Abrams Brothers would have a live CD out this year, and we now see that they have a major studio project in the works as well. This Canadian teen bluegrass trio has hooked up with

If you follow Nothin' Fancy's newsletter, you will have noted the sad story they told in the March '09 issue. It was a tale of vehicular woe, in which a wheel from their long-suffering van came rolling off and passed

Darrell Webb has left Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and announced that he is forming his own group. His last show with Michael was on June 21, and Darrell has most of his new band already in place. Matt Leadbetter will be

Initially launched a subscription service, the McCoury Music Club now allows for non-subscribers to purchase individual live shows from The Del McCoury Band without being a subscriber. Delheads can choose to subscribe and receive one show download per month, or

When we last spoke with Cadillac Sky's Bryan Simpson, he was excited about the release of the band's new 4-song EP, Weary Angel. At that time, he mentioned that C-Sky was intending to start work on a new full length recording

Cherryholmes has recently updated their page on iLike, posting some photos from the Bonaroo festival and a couple of live audio tracks from their CD release party in Nashville during the fall of 2008. The tracks, Sumatra and Don't Believe, are

The Bristol Heralnd Courier has a piece in this morning's paper from Claire Galofaro with a few updates concerning the auto accident early Monday morning involving two members of Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. Dr. Ralph's grandson, Nathan Stanley, and