Bluegrass band news

OK... I've been promising to try and catch up on a backlog of new CDs we've received (or picked up at IBMA) - and this time, I really mean it! Since major news is slow this time of year, I'll

Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this review. Cedar Hill is renowned for its adherence to the ultra-traditional style of bluegrass and nothing much has changed with the group's switch from Hay Holler Records to the recently-formed Blue Circle Records

Last week we posted about the new Randy Kohrs video being included in the Pure 12-Pack Countdown on CMT's new digital music channel, CMT Pure. Randy was pitted against top country entertainers for viewer votes, and he came in number

We've posted many times over the past two years about the Pickin' On series from CMH Records. This impressive series (234 titles and counting) involves bluegrass instrumental tributes to successful pop, rock and country artists. Many have featured some of bluegrass

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. Both Cliff Wagner and the Old #7 and the Clark

Word comes from Crooked Still that cellist, and founding member Rushad Eggleston will be leaving the band in November. Perhaps serving as a testament to his unique abilities as both a musician and a performer, the band will be bringing in

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 new FOX television American Idol spin-off The Next Great

We've written a good bit this past few months about Josh Shilling, the newest member of Mountain Heart who had the unenviable job of taking the spot held by founding member, Steve Gulley, on guitar and vocals. Josh and the

This past Friday evening (10/19), The Steep Canyon Rangers played a show here in Roanoke, VA. I was familiar with their recordings, and caught a few brief sets at IBMA, but this was my first chance to see them live

Brance posted on Tuesday about the special Station Inn performance this week by Mashville Brigade and friends. The band was initially formed late in '06 by Ashby Frank and a number of other hot young pickers when Frank was living in