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West Virginia's Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band has decided to go five piece, moving long time banjo picker Troy Stangle to reso-guitar, and bringing 17 year old Rylan Rissler aboard on the five string. Rylan lives in south central Pennsylvania, and has

Compass Records has a new single for Missy Raines, the third from her upcoming full length project, Highlander. In something of a "Back To The Future" move, the record finds Missy returning to her earliest days in the music business,

Patuxent Music has released a debut single for a new artist, West Virginia's Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive, who they has signed to the label. The group has been together since 2018, led by Bielski on fiddle and lead vocals. She

Caroline Owens may be the fastest rising new artist in bluegrass, delighting listeners and audiences with her ear-catching vocals and enchanting southern charm. Her label, Skyline Records, has released a new single today, He Loves Me Not, a lonely love song

Great news for banjo players and lovers on the east coast! Two fine practitioners of the five string banjo, Bill Evans and Alan Munde, will be embarking on a two-week tour throughout the central and southeastern US. Hitting ten cities, the

We shared the news last month that five string banjo maestro Béla Fleck was set to release a new album that explored the music of 20th century American composer George Gershwin, most prominently his masterwork, Rhapsody in Blue. Béla tackles

Mountain Home Music has another single today from their upcoming album for Sister Sadie, No Fear, the last ahead of the project's release on January 26. This next record highlights the band's new personnel since their last album in 2018. Founding

Frank Ford, co-founder of Gryphon Strings in Palo Alto, CA and their longtime chief luthier, died on December 17 following a brief illness. Suffering from declining health this past few years, he was 79 years of age when he passed. Ford

Ben James - photo © Josh Daubin Ben James, a right handed bluegrass guitarist and singer from Hickory, NC, has been called up to the majors, where he will take the position of tenor vocalist with The Oak Ridge Boys. We all

The Kitchen Dwellers are an interesting band to consider, from a bluegrass perspective. They exist within the typical four-piece bluegrass format - guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass - but use the instruments to record and perform music that would never be welcomed