Bluegrass band news

Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

Special Consensus is leaving today for a three week tour of Britain and Ireland, with shows scheduled in Ireland, England and Scotland. Special C mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from the tour as best he

The Grascals will have two spots in the national media this weekend. Tonight (1/9), they will appear on the Friday Grand Ole Opry during the 10:00-10:30 p.m. segment. The Friday Opry show is available over the air on WSM AM 650, on

UK contemporary bluegrass band The Toy Hearts, who were the subject of a cover story in the December edition of British Bluegrass News, passed along a few bits of news. After several months offline, the band is very excited to announce

After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in August of 2007 to deal with some personal and familial issues, and with Clay Hess having left the group to

We've posted a number of times about US Navy Band, Country Current, which regularly includes professional bluegrass musicians. The band has maintained a bluegrass unit since 1973 when Bill Emerson joined on banjo. Bill led the band until his retirement in

Grasstowne has announced that Travis Greer will be joining the group on bass and harmony vocals. At 24 years of age, Travis has already spent several years playing bluegrass music, having grown up around the music and playing in church. His

This past Friday (12/26) was Darrell Webb's first show with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - and it was on The Grand Ole Opry! Their publicist, Kimberly Williams, was on hand and got a couple of photos of the band, as well

At the same time as announcing the signing of Johnny Williams, Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, advised me of the signing of the new bluegrass gospel group Wheeler from Weber City, Virginia. Wheeler was established in April of this year

Sierra Hull has announced that Clay Hess, formerly of Mountain Heart, will be joining her band, Highway 111, effective January 2009. Clay has been performing with Sierra this fall as his schedule allowed, and is now making the switch official. In