Music

King Wilkie has released a 6 song live album, Wilkie Family Singers Live, available as a digital download from the band's web site. The group has undergone an interesting metamorphosis this past 8 years. They first emerged as a band of

Look for a new release from Tim O'Brien on July 13, an opportune date as this will mark the 13th solo project since his first in 1984. The new album is fully self-produced, and will be on Tim's Howdy Skies Records.

Punch Brothers continue to pop up everywhere you look, offering more evidence of how large an audience they have found for their unique acoustic/bluegrass/pop/rock hybrid. Two more prestigious publications have taken a look at their output in the past few

Foreign Children Records is scheduled to release the next album from celebrated banjoist and singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn on August 31. City of Refuge was produced Tucker Martine, renowned for his work with The Decemeberists and other edgy pop, rock and

Sam Bush has announced a new face on stage with The Sam Bush Band. Todd Parks has stepped in on bass, filling the large shoes of Byron House who handled both acoustic and electric with Bush since 1999. Parks is recently

Back in February, WAMU's Bluegrass Country ran an extended interview with Dudley Connell. The piece ran 3 hours, and the response from listeners all over the world caught the staff by surprise. They quickly scheduled a number of re-airings, and

Sunday Mornin’ Meetin’ Time is the new self-produced bluegrass Gospel album from Barry Scott and Second Wind. The guys took an interesting tack with this project; all of the tracks are either sung a cappella, or are played as bluegrass

We heard yesterday from Mike Conner, producer of both the Roanoke Fiddlefest bluegrass festival, and more recently, the traveling Bass Strummit instructional workshops. As we mentioned when Conner hosted his first event, there have long been plentiful such opportunities for students

Rounder Records has announced September 14 as the release date for the second CD project from The Steeldrivers. Entitled Reckless, it serves as the swan song for original guitarist/vocalist Chris Stapleton, who left the group shortly after this album was

Here's another happy event in the bluegrass world. Maggie and Brian Stephens, bass player and guitarist/mandolinist respectively with Donna Hughes' band, are celebrating yesterday's birth of their first child. Lilly Kate Stephens was born June 15, weighing in at 7lbs 2oz