Music

This post is a contribution from Kati Penn, who recounts her recent visit to Florida with Newtown that included a Bluegrass In The Schools event in Miami. In late February 2012 Lexington based bluegrass band, Newtown, traveled to Miami, FL to

Jim & Valerie Gabehart have announced Steve Acord as the newest member of their band, playing mandolin and singing harmony vocals. Acord hails from Beckley, WV and has performed professionally as a mandolinist, fiddler and guitarist. He has worked with a number of

Pete Wernick informs us that a full scholarship is being offered for his Dr. Banjo jam camp held April 23-26 in Boomer, NC, just prior to Merlefest. 2012 will mark the 14th consecutive year Pete has held this event in North

Eight years is a long time between recordings, but that's how long it has been since jam grass favorites Leftover Salmon dropped a new album. But that will be remedied May 22 when Aquatic Hitchhiker is released on Los Records. The band

Though the official release date isn't until April 10, Rounder Records has released the latest Steep Canyon Rangers album, Nobody Knows You, for digital downloads today. Ranger's banjo man Graham Sharp says that as a special bonus for early adopters, pre-release

Yesterday (3/25), Boston's distaff grassers, Della Mae, played to a sold-out, hometown crowd at Club Passim. Here the band played some of their earliest gigs during the formative years, and Sunday's show featured both a triumphant homecoming, and an emotional

Dan Boner, Director of the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program, has shared this news about a beloved faculty member who has gone on. E.C. Miller passed away around midnight. Among the most respected banjo players in East Tennessee,

The Tompkins Square label, based in San Francisco, has chosen a fun way to celebrate Record Store Day this year. Where many record companies highlight the long term contribution of record stores by re-releasing albums on vinyl, Tompkins Square is going

The new solo project by Lonesome River Band’s mandolinist/tenor vocalist Randy Jones, When Old Lonesome Comes Around, will be released on March 31st. This will be the first nationally-offered project that he has directed from top to bottom. The project features

A number of faculty positions have been announced in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University. This department, organized under the ETSU School of Appalachian Studies, nows offers a bachelor's degree for studying American acoustic,