Bluegrass band news

If you weren't lucky enough to catch the on-stage preview of The Dailey Vincent Band at IBMA last month, you may be eager to hear the widely-anticipated debut release on Rounder when it hits on January 29, 2008. If you just

We heard yesterday from David Hollender, banjo player and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been teaching bass and leading ensembles there for many years, and now also teaches banjo for students following the Acoustic

We heard recently from Jeremy Chapman of The Chapmans, who wanted to share a video bio of the band that they have posted on YouTube. It runs just over minutes and is entitled The Family Business. In the video, the boys

The new video from Randy Kohrs, Who's Goin' With Me, has once again been voted into the top 3 by viewers on CMT.com. It debuted two weeks ago at #3, made it all the way to #1 last week, and

The Infamous Stringdusters were excited to announce late last week that they have been invited to perform on The Grand Ole Opry. Their debut Opry set is scheduled for November 23, the day after Thanksgiving. Since that day tends to be

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. They made it! Both Cliff Wagner and the Old #7

CMT.com is reporting that Jerry Douglas told reporters at the CMA Awards in Nashville that he will start work on a new recording with Alison Krauss & Union Station by the middle of next year. Rounder Records doesn't have any information

If your Friday evening plans will find you in front of a television screen, perhaps you will want to tune in to tonight's edition of The Next Great American Band on Fox. Casey Henry has been keeping us up-to-date

One band that I did get to see at IBMA last month that really impressed me was G2, a young quintet from Sweden who won the 2007 European Band of the Year Award, announced at the EBMA European World of

Larry Stephenson has brought 21 year old guitarist Ben Helson aboard as the newest member of The Larry Stephenson Band. Despite his youth, Ben has been performing in bluegrass and country bands for many years, most recently as a part of