Music

There is much to report from and about Punch Brothers, Chris Thile's merry band of alt-bluegrass pranksters. Their current Nonesuch album, Antifogmatic, has just been released on vinyl for all you audiophiles out there. It is packaged with a copy of

The Dixie Bee-Liners are about to depart for a weekend trip to England, and are asking their fans to consider helping them out with tour expenses. Shows are scheduled on Friday (8/13) at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Festival in Oxfordshire ,

Hot Rize hits the road again this fall for their first US tour in more than 10 years. They have a string of dates scheduled later this year with original members Pete Wernick on banjo, Tim O'Brien on mandolin/fiddle and

Kevin Prater has joined up with The Bluegrass Brothers on banjo. He had worked for some time with James King, playing mandolin and singing tenor, but had gotten his start as a banjo picker. Kevin had been working of late

Last month, Chatham County Line released their fifth CD, Wildwood, on Yep Roc Records. This recording further develops the band's unique sound. Describing themselves as too progressive for bluegrass traditionalists and to traditional for the alt-country crowd, the band has

Rich In Tradition will be in studio with Judith Burnette tomorrow evening on WBRF FM, broadcasting from Galax, VA. Judith tells us that they will be on this Saturday (8/7) during the nine o'clock hour (EDT). "We will be debuting their brand

We have confirmed that the Riggs family has found a buyer for Pinecastle Records, and that the company has been sold. An announcement from the new owners is expected to be made soon. The company closed up shop in February 2010

Certain future supergroup The Boxcars have announced that their self-titled, debut album will be released by Crossroads/Mountain Home Records on October 19, 2010. The band consists of Adam Steffey on mandolin, Ron Stewart on banjo/fiddle, John Bowman on fiddle/banjo, Keith Garrett

We posted a few weeks back about the top-secret Tut Taylor tribute album released July 13 by E1 Music. Entitled Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, the record features 14 top reso guitarists, each contributing a new version of

Another new young band! Monroeville has emerged from the dust-up that saw the members of Second Wind leave Barry Scott en masse in July. They have been active only a week, but much is expected from this talented bunch of pickers. Despite