The long-rumored and oft-denied Nickel Creek reunion tour is official. Today a series of show dates, and a new album, have been officially announced. Tickets for a limited Spring tour go on sale tomorrow (2/4), with additional festival shows this Summer
Swedish grassmeisters G2 will be traveling to Nashville this Spring to record their next album, Mind Over Matter. Like their previous projects, this one will focus on new songs written by guitarist/vocalist Christoffer Olsson, along with contributions from other prominent acoustic and
The Osborne Brothers were one of the most influential bands in bluegrass history. They're one of only a handful of bluegrass bands whose music transcended bluegrass and found mainstream success in the larger country music world. With twenty-one singles on the
Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from the upcoming Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie album, due March 4. It's the title track, Dancin' Annie, written and sung by Sweet Dixie guitarist Chris Stifel. The new record contains 12 new tracks, including
The newly-reorganized American Drive is headed for the studio this weekend to start work on their sophomore CD. A debut single is expected in February, with a full CD to be released later this year. In the meantime, the band has
Jeanette Williams has long been a favorite of the folks who attend the annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. She has thrice won their Female Vocalist of the Year award in the Traditional category,
Pert Near Sandstone has announced an April 15 release for their next album, The Hardest Part of Leaving. The Minnesota-based outfit plans to make it available on CD, 180g vinyl, and digital download though their own label, Pert Near Music. Nate Sipe
Tomorrow (1/28) is the official release date for Rhonda Vincent's next album, Only Me, a curious sort of double album with six bluegrass tracks on one disc and six country tracks on the other. It is packaged in such a
This afternoon at the 2014 Grammy pre-show cybercast, the Best Bluegrass Album was awarded to The Del McCoury Band for The Streets of Baltimore. As he generally does at the IBMA Awards, Del and the boys spoke until they got the
We just received an update, and some great studio photos, from Phil Leadbetter. He has been working this past several months at Eagle Canyon Studios in Lebanon, TN on a new solo project, engineered and co-produced by Steve Thomas. Phil tells us that
