Bluegrass band news

Yesterday, July 9, was Jesse McReynolds' 78th birthday. I spoke with Jesse, and his wife Joy, via email yesterday and they sent along this photo of Jim & Jesse, sitting on the steps outside their old homeplace in SouthWest Virginia. Jesse

Our intrepid British corespondent, Richard Thompson, has put together a terrific piece marking the 50th anniversary of the Country Gentlemen. For those of us in the United States, it's a fine thing to contemplate over the 4th of July holiday.

Sam Bush is looking at August 2007 to release his debut live concert DVD, recorded at the Sierra Nevada Brewery concert hall, The Big Room, in Chico, CA. Bush fans have long understood that not matter how much you might

King Wilkie has a "what I did on my summer vacation" video posted at Amazon.com, which offers a behind the scenes look at the recording of their newly-released CD, Low Country Suite. It covers to some degree how the IBMA's

We ran a piece earlier this week about the International Bluegrass Music Museum's fourth annual festival, ROMP. At the time we mentioned the names of several of the bluegrass artists who would be performing at the festival. Since that time another

As the festival season roars into full throttle, a few band members are changing hands as bands reshuffle once again. Kenny & Amanda Smith have brought on one new full time team member, and one temporary member. First let's talk banjo.

And the bluegrass band scramble continues... Joey Cox will be the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing Chris Warner who stepped in briefly when Terry Baucom left the band in March. Just 24 years old, Joey has already had

Takeharu Kunimoto is a popular personality in Japan, where he performs on the shamisen in the traditional rokyoku style, and  works as an actor, storyteller and narrator for children's movies. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, both on the

The Grascals will be part of a Friday broadcast on GAC TV, captured live at the CMA Music Fest in Nashville. The band's web site says that the show is on at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. on June 15, but the

The Infamous Stringdusters will soon start offering live show audio downloads from their MySpace page, and are asking fans to help them decide which tracks to include. You can post a comment on their MySpace blog to suggest a song, which