Music

When you think of the things we love about bluegrass music, youthful energy, experienced performers, and family harmony are certainly there near the top of the list. And you get all three from Williamson Branch, a group featuring veteran grasser

Urban grassers Fireside Collective have signed with Mountain Home Music Company for their next recording. Both the band and their new label call North Carolina's Asheville region their home. The quintet has been on a roll since taking first place in

Billy Droze, Maddie Denton, Zach Top, and Chuck Allen Floyd at the Modern Tradition signing Here's a pair of names you may not recognize, but which you can expect to hear about a good deal in coming months. First up is RBR

Joe Hott’s career continues its upward trajectory with the release of two more singles from his forthcoming album, West Virginia Rail, on Rural Rhythm Records.  Emerging bluegrass artist 23-year-old, West Virginia born, Joe Hott has announced the soon to be released

The title of their latest album, Originalist, is a perfect descriptor for Audie Blaylock and Redline, and how they go about creating their style of traditional bluegrass. The word is used to define a theory of constitutional interpretation in the United

Bluegrass lovers in central Europe are mourning this week after the sudden and tragic passing of Simon Rick on August 8 in an automobile accident in Osnabrück, Germany. He was 39 years of age. Simon was a noted guitarist and singer

The fiddle chop is not a new technique in the bluegrass world. Since Bill Monroe made the mandolin chop such a primary part of the bluegrass ensemble, fiddlers had begun mimicking that percussive, rhythmic sound with the fiddle when the

Track 145 is a young bluegrass group based in the Sequatchie Valley of middle Tennessee, centered around the singing and songwriting of Audrey Smith. Audrey is the author of their first single, Will I Ever Know, released independently earlier this month.

In his regular role with Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett wields the fiddle on stage, but for his new single release from Organic Records, he's armed with a guitar. Garrett has just recently signed with the Asheville, NC-based label, which is an

North Carolina's Sideline, among the hardest working bluegrass groups in our business, has announced the addition of fellow Tar Heel Zack Arnold to the band. He will play mandolin, taking the spot recently vacated by Troy Boone who wants to