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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

Ralph Stanley II has been quiet since the release of his 2008 CD, This One Is Two. We bragged on that album a good bit when it came out, at which point "II," as he is known, stepped away from

Butch Robins is surely among the most consistently interesting - and unpredictable - personages in bluegrass music. He spent four years with Bill Monroe in the late 1970s, as was as buttoned-down a young banjo picker as you might imagine. He

We posted earlier this month with word that Skip Cherryholmes, late of his family's blockbuster band, was on the hunt for a new gig. Well it appears that the family ties are still strong, and Skip has decided to form

Michael Cleveland has announced the new lineup for his touring band, Flamekeeper. Ashby Frank comes in to play mandolin and sing tenor, Charlie Lawson will play guitar and sing lead, and Blake Bowen will handle bass and harmony vocals. Michael is