Bluegrass band news

The Dan Tyminski Band will be featured on CMT.com's Unplugged at Studio 330, debuting on Tuesday May 20. Dan and the boys will be performing material from his new CD, Wheels, due from Rounder on June 17. There is a sneak peek

Cherryholmes invited the video cameras into the studio during the recent sessions for their third Skaggs Family project. They captured a behind-the-scenes look at how the family records, and a few tastes of some of the new songs, still in

How many of us would look favorably on the notion of returning to high school after having reached adulthood. Not many, I would guess. For most of us, our teen aged years were busy, confusing and often highly-stressful times. For one

Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters, is debuting his talent as a documentary filmmaker during the band's current European tour. He will be posting video updates on YouTube while the band is overseas, with the first three available

When we posted last week about Chris Warner's CD reissue of two previous LP releases, we included a passing reference to Tom Adams' non-denial of the rumor that he and Chris were starting a band. Tom's coyness aside, Chris has verified

Video from a Punch Brothers Concert for Folk Alley has been posted online. The show was recorded on April 2 in Kent, OH and both sets of music can be viewed at FolkAlley.com The concert contains a complete performance of The

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the bands invited to be official showcase acts at their 2008 World Of Bluegrass Business Conference in Nashville this fall. The following bands have been chosen to showcase: Balsam Range Blue Highway Cumberland Gap Connection Dappled Grays Dixie Bee-Liners Farewell

We heard yesterday from Scott Napier, one of the busiest guys in bluegrass music. He's currently playing mandolin with both Marty Raybon & Full Circle and Lost and Found. He tells us that the next CD from Lost and Found is

Our friend Dave Hollender gave us a nice report last month after Chris Thile and Punch Brothers offered a clinic at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on April 7. Dave shared some photos and a nice run down

Award winning dobro player and band leader, Randy Kohrs, has just added a couple new faces to the line up of his band, The Lites. UPDATE: We just heard from Ashley Brown, Randy's fiddle player, that the band name has been