Music

It's back to the future for Ricky Skaggs. His next release on Skaggs Family Records finds him reprising his many country hits from the 1980s done up bluegrass style with his talented road band, Kentucky Thunder. In fact, that's the name

It's a CD... It's a book... It's American Folk Songbook! Actually, it's all of those things, this new project from Suzy Bogguss. It finds this celebrated country hit-maker recording music much closer to the folk music she grew up singing, and

Tommy Webb is a fine bluegrass singer and songwriter from Bill Monroe's native state of Kentucky who has a special Monroe tribute song to honor Big Mon's 100th birthday this year. Webb has gained some notoriety for his clever original songs

Donna Ulisse has released a music video for the song Her Heart Is A Stone Hard Ground, the first from her new album, An Easy Climb. They shot it the same day they recorded the track, right there at Ocean Way

B.J. and Skip Cherryholmes have announced the members of their new band, which will bill as Cherryholmes Brothers. Skip will be on guitar, and B.J. on mandolin and fiddle. Joining them will be Gena Britt Tew on banjo, Jamie Harper on

A few weeks back, we reported that Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers would be performing on the July 4 celebration at the US Capitol in Washinton, DC. In that report, Graham Sharp of the Rangers mentioned a new song

Here's one we missed when it was released in April, a recording by John Hartford, Tony Rice and Vassar Clements in 1988, with Roy Huskey Jr on bass and Mark Howard on mandolin. Titled simply Hartford, Rice and Clements, the album

Flint Michigan's New County Grass has a new CD, Money Can't Buy Love In the City. Fellas... it won't get you much in the country, either! Silliness aside, this top notch project shows just how strong a four-piece family band can

We heard this week from Chris Stuart, west coast singer/songwriter extraordinaire, with some news about his musical endeavors. Primarily, it involves a name change that acknowledges his long-time musical partnership with Janet Beazely, who has played banjo and sang alongside Stuart

Tony Trischka produced Steve Martin's last bluegrass album, and has asked Steve to return the favor by posting a guest lesson at the Tony Trischka School Of Banjo. Martin has obliged, creating a video demonstrating the song Hide Behind A Rock