Music

How to describe the feeling you get when you learn of something new from Kenny & Amanda Smith? You know it's going to be a fine song, tastefully arranged and expertly performed, before you even hear the first note. That's the

Alex Leach, long time banjo picker and vocalist with Ralph Stanley II, has announced today that he will be leaving The Clinch Mountain Boys at the end of August to launch his own group, the Alex Leach Band. Just now 30

Giri & Uma Peters have created quite a sensation in the old time music world. The brother/sister duo from Nashville bring a youthful energy to the mountain traditions of fiddle and banjo music. Giri is 14, and his sister, Uma,

(left) The Davis Family, (right) Chip Davis in the studio Chip Davis is one of the most recorded voices in Nashville. Today, Chip performs with Alabama on keys and vocals. Everyone in the business knows that Davis is a singer/songwriter, and

Galax, Virginia is a town with a real mystique for lovers of Appalachian musical traditions. There is the Old Fiddlers Convention, of course, held every summer in Felts Park for more than 80 years, which draws lovers of both bluegrass

All Stars of Bluegrass is what Phil Leadbetter is calling his new band, featuring a rotating cast of musicians drawn the the very best our music has to offer. Phil has a core band, featuring himself on reso-guitar, Robert Hale on

The Grascals have announced the addition of Chris Davis to the band on guitar and vocals, stepping into the spot vacated by founding member Terry Eldredge, who has decided to get off the road. Davis is a bluegrass guy from way

Up until now, Asheville Music Publishing has concentrated most of their energy towards the Gospel music market, achieving great success for their writers in that realm. But now, in another sign of the vitality of bluegrass in the music business,

Molly Tuttle, Louisa Branscomb, Sierra Hull, and Missy Raines Forty-eight years ago, chasing sunshine 'round the bend, Louisa Brancomb penned Steel Rails; twenty-nine years ago, winding through the trees, like a ribbon in the wind, Alison Krauss recorded it. Not knowing what

Mountain Fever Records has dropped a first single from their third record with the Deer Creek Boys. A Lot Like The Whippoorwill was written by guitarist Justin Tomlin, and sung by his brother, bass player Jason Tomlin. It's a lost love