Bluegrass band news

Of course, since Michael Cleveland, Jesse Brock and Pete Kelly have left Dale Ann Bradley's band to work with Flamekeeper, one immediately wonders who will be working on Dale Ann's shows. I had a chance to speak with Vicki Simmons

We had told you earlier this year that Michael Cleveland was planning to do some shows in 2006 with his own band, which he had named Flamekeeper. At the time, Mike was the fiddler with Dale Ann Bradley, a role

We've been running updates every so often with news about bluegrass bands and artists who are developing a presence on MySpace.com, the network of "friends" which has become a particularly hot property, and an occasionally controversial, Internet destination. You can

Noted bassist, old time banjo player and folk dance enthusiast Mark Schatz maintains a very informative web site which he updates periodically with news about his various activities in the music world. He has just recently posted a wealth of

We heard yesterday from Art Blackburn with Monroe Crossing that they are in need of a banjo player, as Jeff Whitson has decided to move back home to Arkansas. The band is based in Ramsey, MN and works close to

The last of five free audio tracks from Lonesome River Band is available for download on the band's web site. Sammy Shelor decided to put these full length tracks up on the site in February of this year as a

We mentioned a few weeks ago that The Gibson Brothers' music video for I Got A Woman had been released, and was showing on CMT.com. It has now also been made available on YouTube - great news for Mac computer

Tuesday's edition of the Harrisonburg, VA Daily News Record featured an article on Eastern Mennonite University student (and Harrisonburg resident) Reed Jones, who plays guitar with Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap. They took first prize in the 2006 SPBGMA International

From time to time we posted updates to let you know of bluegrass artists who have a myspace page. You can find our previous posts with info on bluegrass artist MySpace pages here. We've also found a couple more and

Fans of the award-winning bluegrass group IIIrd Tyme Out can now interact with one anther and get up-to-date info on the band's activities on their Yahoo Groups site. There is no cost to join the group, and members can read