Bluegrass band news

The European Bluegrass Blog has an interesting piece up about an historic concert at the renowned Th?©?¢tre du Ch?¢telet in Paris. This past October, noted French violinist Gilles Apap was featured in concert with the Pas-de-Loup Philharmonic Orchestra. Though recognized primarily

There is an entire sub-genre of bluegrass, referred to as Jewgrass, performed by Jewish musicians around the country. A recent Harvard grad even wrote an award winning scholarly piece about the history of such music and I'll be publishing an

We have posted many times recently about Grasstowne, this fall's big bluegrass start-up featuring Alan Bibey, Steve Gulley and Phil Leadbetter. This week's news is that the band has signed a 3 CD deal with Pinecastle Records, with work on the

The bluegrass trading season is in full swing and The Dale Ann Bradley Band has acquired new members in the recent trades. Dale Ann has gathered together some great bluegrass musicians to put together her new high powered band. The first

In the wake of Alan Bibey leaving BlueRidge to help form Grasstowne with Phil Leadbetter and Steve Gulley, the remaining members of the group have elected to disband after fulfilling some dates in early 2007. Alan tells us that they

This has been quite a year for banjo picker Kristin Scott Benson. When 2006 dawned, she was a member of Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and teaching in the bluegrass music program at the East Tennesse State University in

We heard last week from mandolinist Ashby Frank with word of a new "second band" featuring members of several Nashville-based bluegrass acts. They are calling themselves Mashville Brigade, and they debuted at The Station Inn on December 5. Ashby said that

We are deeply saddened to share the news that Dempsey Young, an original member of The Lost & Found, passed away early this morning. His unique mandolin style and quick smile were as much a part of the band as Allen

Special Consensus is getting ready to cross the ocean just after the new year, spending two and a half weeks in the British Isles during January. They have stops in Ireland, Scotland and England, including a performance and workshop at

The Grascals have just announced that Aaron McDaris will be their new banjo player. He has been working this past six years with Larry Stephenson, and has a solo project, First Time Around, on Pinecastle Records. He takes the spot of