Music

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper performed yesterday (10/10) at the Pickin' in the Park Festival Clear Brook, Virginia. Sharing the bill was Stoney Creek, who sent along some great photos of the day in the park. The Stoney Creek folks perform primarily

NewFound Road has a lot planned for the last few months of 2010. During a time when most bluegrass bands are slowing down, they have a mini-tour scheduled with Red Molly in mid-November, and tracking for a live album set

Rural Rhythm Records has released a pair of videos in conjunction with the upcoming October 26 street date for All-Star Jam – Live At Graves Mountain. The album was recorded this summer during the Graves Mountain Festival Of Music in Virginia

We posted back in August about the upcoming Hot Rize tour this fall, the band's first since the passing of original guitarist Charles Sawtelle in 1999. They will spend 10 days on the road, hitting clubs and theaters across the

One of the groups that stirred things up during last weekend's IBMA Fan Fest was The Cleverlys, a concept act that mixes bluegrass music with sardonic and mildly-risque humor. Their shtick typically involves covers of pop mega-hits, delivered in a

Massachusetts' Acoustic Blue was the subject of a video profile last month on the Second Cousin Curly site, a blog that discusses a variety of topics from a New England bluegrass perspective. Actually, a recent interview with the band has

September 21 saw the release of Taken, the latest CD from Rhonda Vincent. Musically, it doesn't break any new ground, nor does it mean to. If you are familiar with Ms. Vincent's music, you know what to expect: carefully chosen songs,

After six years and 4 successful albums, The Grascals have parted ways with Rounder Records. The band has been with Rounder since their inception in 2005, and reports that the split was both amicable and mutually agreeable. Grascals manager Kirt Webster

It's exciting to see all the attention that is being given to the upcoming Bill Monroe centennial in 2011. The ongoing campaign to have Bill Monroe memorialized with an official postage stamp from the US Postal Service is kicking into high

Popular Gospel troubadours The Churchmen have brought SW Virginian Glenn Waller aboard as their new guitarist and lead singer. Glenn has been playing bluegrass since his early teens, and has spent time with a number of regional groups as well