Music

Tuesday, March 30, saw the release of a number new bluegrass CDs. The fact that the 31st is the cutoff date for consideration in the 2010 IBMA awards is surely an unrelated coincidence. The Grascals saw their fourth Rounder CD hit

OK... we have our winners in the Things That Fly comment contest. Thanks to everyone who played along. We had 100 entries, and it wasn't easy to pick the best from the many clever and witty contributions. Each of these

Here is the second (and final) video report from Blue Moon Rising, who spent this past weekend at Randy Kohrs' Slack Key Studio working on a new CD. We have written a good bit about the trials and tribulations founding member

Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve from Mountain Heart will commandeer the live WSM radio signal in Nashville this Thursday (4/1) from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (CDT) in what they are calling the Mountain Heart Hostile Takeover. WSM has been promoting these

Here's a follow-up to our post on Thursday about Doyle Lawson and his Quicksilver brethren recording with Paul Simon for his next CD. Carol Beaugard called after her show on Friday with Doyle Lawson to share a bit more about what

We have received dozens of clever and entertaining comments in our Things That Fly comment competition. Later today, Sugar Hill Records and The Infamous Stringdusters will choose their five favorite comments to this earlier post, and each commenter chosen will receive

Chris West sent a video shout-out from the studio where he and his newly-reassembled Blue Moon Rising are hard at work on their next CD, due on Rural Rhythm later this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnvCWB2J5Y

Cadillac Sky just passed along a newly-released video, the first in a series that chronicles the making of their upcoming CD, Letters in the Deep. They also reminded me that Hangman, a song from the new record, was available for free

Sierra Hull, the diminutive song bird and fiery mando-monster, celebrated a pair of milestones last week. March 16 saw not only the release date of her first mandolin DVD, Secrets Songs & Tunes, but also the DVD release of Billy

Gone but not forgotten... That's not just the name of a terrific song, but the sentiment that most bluegrass lovers express when discussing the giants of our music who have passed on. One who squarely fits in this category is John