Music

We caught up with Ron Block this week, and he tells us that he has started work on a new solo recording - as he has breaks in the Alison Krauss & Union Station tour schedule this summer. He says that

If you're from New York City, someone from 'upstate New York' is basically like someone from 'anywhere else.'  If you're a bluegrass band from 'Upstate New York,' you're not like anybody, from anywhere else. Altamont, NY-based Fairview Avenue is a testament

I had the occasion on Sunday to spend some time at Mountain Fever Studios in Willis, VA. Delta Reign was up from Alabama recording their first project for the Mountain Fever label, and I enjoyed hearing more of their quirky blend

Travers Chandler and his recently-reformated edition of Avery County have a new album on Mountain Fever Records. Pardon Me contains a baker's dozen hard core traditional bluegrass tracks, drawn primarily from lesser-known cuts in the old school bluegrass and country music

I'm sure that many of our readers have been following the news about wildfires in Colorado, and the evacuations that have been required to get local residents out of the path of the rapidly moving blaze. Caught up in this nightmare

Nightflyer's self-titled debut album is now available for sale. This new group is anchored by established pros Rick Hayes on mandolin and Richard Propps on guitar. They are joined by Ronnie Stewart on banjo, Tony Kakaris on bass and Tim Jackson on

Chris Henry has ambitious plans for the summer of 2012. He and his group, The Hardcore Grass, intend to record three albums in Nashville over the next few months. As he explains in his Kickstarter video below, they will cut one

Mountain Heart lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Josh Shilling has released his debut solo effort, Letting Go, a self-produced 6-song, EP CD. Shilling readily admits that this isn't a bluegrass record, but more of a singer/songwriter album showcasing his bluesy roots. Prior

Just where did Mountain Fever recording artists, leading traditional Canadian bluegrassers and late-night bear hunters The Spinney Brothers come from anyway? 2011 brought these genial Nova Scotians to the attention of traditional bluegrass fans in the USA. Banjoist Rick Spinney makes

We have written a number of times about the four year degree in bluegrass which is now available at East Tennessee State University. The folks at ETSU are understandably proud of getting state approval for this degree program, and have