Bluegrass band news

Bononia Grass, from Bologna in Italy, finished the month of March with the #1 video in the live performance category on OurStage.com, a social network-like site where fans vote on new music uploaded by independent artists. Their street performance of Six

Banjo player Zach Gilmer has signed on with Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, taking the spot recently vacated by Josh Miller. The 17 year old from Charlottesville, VA has won first place trophies at a number of regional competitions, as well

Here comes Gold Heart - the latest sister act to take bluegrass music by storm. This trio of young siblings - Analise (19), Jocelyn (16) and Shelby (13) Gold - has been turning heads and pricking up ears this past two

NewFound Road is back home after recently completing a west coast tour with fiddler Jim Van Cleve in tow. The band had shows in Arizona and California, taking a brief time out for a bit of tourist activity while in

Wow... things move fast in the bluegrass world! Just a short while after the sudden announcement that Jr. Williams was leaving NewFound Road comes news of their hiring of another red-headed banjo picker. Josh Miller, formerly with Carrie Hasler & Hard Rain,

Jr. Williams, long-time banjo player with NewFound Road, has decided to leave the band to be more available for his family - in more ways than one. He will instead be performing with his wife, Kati Penn, in her group. Jr. sent

Josh Williams has announced a personnel change for the Josh Williams Band. Bass player Tim Dishman has elected to spend more time at home with his family, and to devote more time to his day job. Randy Barnes comes into

Dwight Moody and Tom Warlick have announced that Alana Flowers will join them as a member of the WBT Briarhoppers. The band has been active since 1934, when they were formed to help promote a show on WBT radio in Charlotte,

Nothin' Fancy guitar player Gary Farris has moved into the exciting world of food service - not an unfamiliar side career for bluegrass musicians. But Gary won't be mopping floors or chopping onions. He and partner Jerry Ingram have teamed up

Missy Raines is in DC with her young touring band, the New Hip. They have a show this evening (3/9) in nearby Rockville, MD for the Institute of Musical Traditions, but will stop off this morning at the WAMU studios