Bluegrass band news

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

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge have announced a number of shows in early December featuring very special guest Tony Rice. Larry and Tony have performed together many times, and you can be sure that there will be some fiery flatpicking at

Last Friday we shared news about a Nickel Creek DVD which was to have been shot during the last two shows on their Farewell (For Now) tour at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The folks at Sugar Hill were delighted when

Alison Krauss & Union Station will perform on tonight's (11/7) Country Music Association Awards show, televised in the US on ABC at 8:00 p.m. (EST). For AKUS fans, this may be the last chance you'll have to see them for some

One of the bands I did not get to catch at IBMA was The Farewell Drifters. I did, however, just receive a copy of their debut CD, Sweet Summer Breeze, and am now doubly sorry that I didn't get to

The accompanying photo shows Lost and Found with their newest member. And no... we don't mean the diminutive guitarist on the far right. The photo comes from the Blue Ridge Muse blog, and was taken by Doug Thompson. It shows the

We caught up with Adam Steffey on Friday, and he shared some details on the upcoming - and highly-anticipated - debut recording from The Dan Tyminski Band. Adam told us that they would be getting together in Nashville on November 18

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. I'm happy to report that both bluegrass representatives made it

We've posted recently about banjo man Bill Emerson's new CD, Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band, and the former member of The Country Gentlemen, The Sunny Mountain Boys and the US Navy Band's Country Current coming back to music

Mountain Heart picked up an unusual last minute gig this past weekend that turned out to be something of a spooky good time for all concerned. Jim VanCleve tells us that they were returning home from Ashland, KY late Friday night,