Bluegrass band news

XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will debut their newly recorded episode of Studio Special on Friday (12/7) featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. For many, this will be the first chance to hear the latest edition of The Rage, with

Another new CD we can expect in 2008 is Iron and Diamonds from The Gibson Brothers, due in March on Sugar Hill Records. It will feature seven new songs written by Eric and Leigh Gibson, plus covers from unexpected artists

Mountain Heart is looking to take advantage of the early chart success that their latest CD, Road That Never Ends, has enjoyed with a music video for the title track. The new release appeared on the Billboard Bluegrass chart the

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. The Clark Brothers delivered another truly outstanding performance on last

The new Born Lonesome music video from Cadillac Sky we posted about earlier this month will be featured this afternoon (11/30) on the CMT Pure cable channel. If your cable provider includes this new music channel in their digital lineup, check

Rounder Records has set February 12, 2008 as the release date for Through the Window of a Train, the next CD from Blue Highway. Blessed with three notable singers and songwriters, Blue Highway is rarely in need of material, and this

The Dixie Bee-Liners have come a long way to this point, where they are anticipating their debut, full-length CD release, Ripe, on Pinecastle Records. Band principals Brandi Hart, a Lexington, KY native, joined Buddy Woodward in his native New York city

Here's another bluegrass anniversary worth noting. It was almost exactly one year ago that we told you about a new band forming with prominent members drawn from several popular touring acts. The announcement came on December 1, 2006 of the imminent debut

A vintage Yamaha flat top guitar once owned by Charlie Waller is being offered on eBay to raise money for needy families this holiday season. Its current owner, Christopher Ryan Jones of Bluegrass Mafia, has donated the guitar to benefit Operation

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. Bluegrass got the boot last night when Cliff Wagner and