• The Wronglers – Heirloom Music

    Watching the great coverage from DelFest this weekend, I was struck by the inescapable fact that Del McCoury, a true second-generation bluegrass icon, is going out of his way to put his imprimatur on the jamgrass, newgrass, alt-grass, hippie grass,

  • Audie Blaylock and Mr. Bill

    Next Tuesday (May 31) is the official release date for Audie Blaylock & Redline's terrific Bill Monroe tribute album, I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky. It's actually available now as a digital download online with CDs shipping next week. The record

  • Whatever happened to The Abrams Brothers?

    The Abrams Brothers were a sensation on the bluegrass festival scene, and at IBMA, in the first few years of the 21st century. They even made an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry in 2005. It was an irresistible concept... a

  • Monroeville video shoot for Pot Of Gold

    The Monroeville boys shot a music video last week just ahead of the release of their self-titled, debut CD on May 17. The video is for Chris Stapleton's Pot Of Gold, the third track on this 9 song EP. David Poag

  • Debut single hits from Volume Five CD

    Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from the upcoming Volume Five CD, Children Of The Mountain. The entire album is given over to songs that reflect the lives and values of  hardworking coal-miners of Appalachia. The single, Anywhere Is Home

  • Cahalen Morrison & Eli West

    The Holy Coming Of The Storm is the title of the new CD from Seattle's Cahalen Morrison & Eli West on Hearth Music. It's an interesting mix of bluegrass and old time influences with Morrison primarily on clawhammer banjo and West

  • Carter Brothers – Road To Roosky

    I spoke last week with Tim Carter, who filled me in on a new project he recently completed with his brother Danny as The Carter Brothers. You might think of Tim and Danny as the black sheep cousins of The Carter

  • Davidson Brothers are Here To Stay

    Aussie bluegrass brothers Hamish and Lachlan Davidson spent the last week of April in the US, tracking for their next Davidson Brothers album Here To Stay. They were assisted by Mike Bubb on bass, Bryan Sutton on guitar, Randy Kohrs

  • A flood of old music from Rebel

    Rebel Records has been focusing of late on a slew of re-issues and compilations from their rich catalog of bluegrass music. This week, they have announced five more sure to warm the hearts of fans who remember the '70s and

  • Sarah Jarosz talks Follow Me Down

    It's been a big week for young Sarah Jarosz. Having just finished exams in her fourth semester at the New England Conservatory of Music, she started touring in support of her new record, Follow Me Down, which hit on Sugar Hill