Bluegrass band news

Ohio based Caney Creek has had a change in the lineup as long-time mandolin player, Dave Prater, has announced he will be retiring from the band. Dave had this to say on his Facebook page: "I have come to the decision, after

The Vintage Martins, an acoustic/bluegrass duo consisting of Bud Bierhaus and Eric Uglum, have signed with Eastwood Records for a new album, Traveled, due in April of 2018. It's an interesting pairing for both label and artists. Eastwood is a Louisville,

The Wooks - Arthur Hancock, Aaron Bibelhauser, Roddy Puckett, and C.J. Cain Aaron Bibelhauser, who has made quite a splash as a bluegrass songwriter in recent years, has a new outlet for his music. He’s joining The Wooks, a Kentucky-based bluegrass

Sideline has announced the addition of Bailey Coe to the band, taking the spot recently vacated by reso-man Brad Hudson, who has departed to pursue a solo career. Bailey is a native North Carolinian, like several other members of the group.

To add to the rather tumultuous nature of changes that have been announced in the past few weeks comes the news that the North Carolina-based band The Grass Cats is following decisions by the Spinney Brothers and The Boxcars by

We've written several times this year about Tommy Long, guitarist and lead vocalist with Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, and his ongoing battle with throat cancer. Tommy stepped aside from the band in March when he got the diagnosis, and

At the end of last month John McEuen, one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB), announced his immediate departure from the iconic group. Stating “enough is enough,” McEuen left at the conclusion of the NGDB 2017

Ron Stewart’s search for work didn’t last long after the Boxcars disbanded a few weeks back. Next Saturday, he’ll officially join the Seldom Scene at a show in Cincinnati, transferring his stout banjo and fiddle skills from one Grammy-nominated bluegrass

Brad Hudson, resonator guitarist and vocalist with Sideline, has announced that he will be leaving the group at the end of the year to tour in support of his recent Pinecastle release, Next New Heatbreak. Hudson has nothing but good things

Several years ago, Knoxville reso-man Phil Leadbetter organized a reunion concert for the edition of J.D. Crowe & The New South that had recorded the 1994 album, Flashback. The original recording featured Phil on reso-guitar, Richard Bennett on guitar, Don