Bluegrass band news

2006 was a good year for the Italians and the Dutch during the European World of Bluegrass band competition last week. The winners show a decided strength in those nations' bluegrass scene. European Bluegrass Band of 2006 1st place: Mideando String

Chris Stuart has announced that Chris and Austin Ward have joined his band, Backcountry. It is a fairly odd occurrence when a pair of brothers joins a professional band at the same time, even odder when they are both still

We have posted previously with our high praise for The Stringdusters, based both on our familiarity with these talented young musicians, and on their powerful performances at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass last October. At that time, we alluded to

Lonesome River Band has announced that they are now represented by Roe Entertainment in Nashville. Jim Roe is the agent, and he can be reached at 615-770-2622, ext 10, or by email. Sammy Shelor with LRB says that they have some

The next CD from Lonesome River Band, The Road With No End, is scheduled for a July release on Mountain Home Records. Sammy Shelor mentioned yesterday that he has a few more banjo tracks to finish, and then they will

We got a note from IIIrd Tyme Out bassist and Deaton Agency founder, Ray Deaton, which will surely be of interest to our readers. Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that I am still very much a

We just received word that Larry Cordle underwent surgery for prostate cancer with which he was recently diagnosed. The surgery is being reported as successful and he is recovering nicely. Doctors detected the cancer during a routine physical and say

We just received another another update on Ernie Thackers health. This one came from David Russell. You can find the other posts about this here. Saturday, May 14, 2006 An update from the family Ernie's condition is improving. He is still listed in

We recently received another bit of interesting news from Dan Miller at Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, this time about a new "part time" band made up of some fiery newgrass super pickers performing sporadically as Greenbroke. Four talented bluegrass veterans--Dennis Caplinger (banjo

Skaggs Family Records has just announced they have signed the Ft. Worth-based bluegrass band Cadillac Sky. The band consists of Bryan Simpson (mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Matt Menefee (banjo), Mike Jump (guitar, vocals), Ross Holmes (fiddle, vocals), and Matt Blaize (upright