Irish-born bluegrass artist Danny Burns, who puts the grit in gritty and the gin in ginger, has a real hit on his hands in Blue Ridge Blue. The song has spent the past five weeks on our Bluegrass Today Weekley
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Take Me Home from Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett
Bonfire Music Group has shared a new single from Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett, taken from their current EP, 1682. Interestingly, given the theme of most of the songs, and the fact that all the others were written by Lane and
Polly’s Revenge from Ralph Stanley II
We all know the story of Pretty Polly, and her ill-fated decision to go along with Little Willie into the forest, where he took her life for refusing to honor his unseemly request. Perhaps the definitive murder ballad in Appalachian
Get Along Somehow video from Rrinaco
Rebel Records has released a music video to accompany their current single for Rrinaco, Get Along Somehow. This oddly-named outfit is a side project of Corrina Rose Logston-Stephens, she of High Fidelity. Since the band has a very specific concept that
Big Train from Don Rigsby
Bluegrass veteran Don Rigsby has a retrospective collection on the way from Rebel Records, which includes one new track, serving as a single just released on Friday. The "best of" compilation, Kentucky Troubadour: The Rebel Collection, is due May 30, with
Steve Mandell Memorial Music Scholarship update
Inspired by our recent coverage of several music scholarships for young students of bluegrass music, we heard last week from Terry Mandell, wife of the late Steve Mandell of Dueling Banjos fame, with an update on the similar fund that
Wyatt Ellis hears a Choo Choo Coming
Over the past four and a half years we've watched Wyatt Ellis go from an 11-year-old prodigy on the mandolin, to a polished professional artist at 16. With a lot of help from the Nashville bluegrass community, and the sort
Rounder 0044 revisited – a look at the unlisted song credits
With 2025 being the 50th anniversary of one of the most trend-setting albums in bluegrass history, the original J.D. Crowe & The New South, or simply Rounder 0044, as it is known to pickers, industry folks, and deeply invested fans,
I’ve Always Been a Rambler from The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
The Po' Ramblin' Boys - photo © Laci Mack Sound Biscuit Studio Productions has a new single today for The Po' Ramblin' Boys, the first with their reconfigured lineup. Since their previous full-length project with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Wanderers Like Me, there
Suitcase Blues drops for Shelby Means
Molly Tuttle may be stepping away from bluegrass for the next little while, but her Golden Highway bass player, Shelby Means, is hanging on tight. Her debut self-titled solo album is due at the end of the month, with a