• Kimberly Williams on the mend

    Kimberly Williams, bass player and vocalist with The Expedition Show, and principal with East Public Relations, is at home recovering from gall bladder surgery earlier this week. She is on light duty for a bit, but is back at work just

  • John McGann at Mandolin Cafe

    Mandolin Cafe takes a look at John McGann, one of the less heralded heroes of the 8 string world, in the most recent edition their recurring 10 Questions segment. McGann is a virtuoso on both mandolin and guitar, and has been

  • Barry Scott on his future plans

    We've posted a couple of times about HeartTown, the new group formed when Barry Scott left his spot in the Beachley & Scott show. Yesterday, we caught up with Barry to get some more details from him about the decision

  • Greg Luck to HeartTown

    HeartTown, the new group emerging from the Beachley & Scott Band, minus Barry Scott, has announced that Greg Luck will be joining the band on fiddle and vocals. Like the other four members (Darren Beachley, Jason Leek, Shayne Bartley, Tim

  • Charlie Cushman leaves Flamekeeper

    Charlie Cushman has left his position playing banjo with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper to refocus attention on his banjo set up business, and stay a little closer to home. His last show with the band was this past Thursday. In a

  • Carter Brothers to sign with Compass

    Tim and Danny Carter (The Carter Brothers), have come to an agreement with Compass Records, and will release their upcoming album on the Compass label. Tim shared a few details with us about this new project earlier this year. They had

  • Infamous Stringdusters at All Good

    Speaking of Infamous Stringdusters... Here is a great gallery of photos Milo Farineau took of the band at this past weekend's All Good Festival in West Virginia. Milo will be shooting the Alison Krauss & Union Station show tonight in Roanoke, so

  • Multi camera Stringdusters shoot

    The multi-talented Chris Pandolfi has come up with another clever video concept to employ with The Infamous Stringdusters, with whom he plays banjo. We posted a video last week where Chris fastened a flip camera to his banjo neck and captured

  • Timeless from Acoustic Blue

    Western Massachusetts' Acoustic Blue has released Timeless, their 4th album over the course of 8 years working together. It includes a number originals from band members, some familiar classics and a few songs that are not familiar to me. Corey Zink

  • Della Mae CD to hit in September

    Well, it looks like the gals in Della Mae were successful with the crowdsourcing project we highlighted last month, as they have announced a September release for their debut full-length CD, I Built This Heart. The band, based in Boston, consists