Bonfire Music Group has announced the signing of Irish singer Áine Burns to the label, and have released a first single of her Celtic bluegrass sound as an introduction. Born and raised in Bundoran in Ireland, and living now in South
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Knee Deep in Bluegrass drops for Ashby Frank
Knee Deep in Bluegrass is a Terry Baucom banjo instrumental through and through, complete with the punchy pull-offs, perfect timing, and powerful tone that are so undeniably the Duke of Drive's. Ashby Frank re-cut the Bauc original with his own jamming
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Tony Trischka Earl Jam video for Dooley
Down The Road Records, the new business venture from the founders of Rounder Records, has released another live studio video of a track from their upcoming project with Tony Trischka, called Earl Jam. The focus of this unique tribute album is
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Tree of Life video from Mara Levine
We don't hear often from Mara Levine, but each time we do she has a song that seems to touch people in a deeply personal way. More a folksinger than a bluegrass artist, Mara is also a talented crafter, and
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I’ll Be Here in the Morning from David Parmley
No matter what sort of music you prefer, it's hard to beat a great singer on a fine song. And that's exactly what you get with David Parmley delivering a terrific Townes Van Zandt number, I'll Be Here In The Morning, as
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Steve Martin and Alison Brown introduce Bluegrass Radio
Today, renowned comedian, actor, and banjo player Steve Martin releases his new single, Bluegrass Radio, with banjo maestro Alison Brown on Compass Records, and we are happy to introduce the song in this detailed interview they did with our very
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Cannonball from Wood Box Heroes
Bluegrass super group Wood Box Heroes is back this week with a new single, one written by bassist Barry Bales some years ago with bluegrass-turned-country star Chris Stapleton, called Cannonball. The song isn't actually released until tomorrow, but the band is
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Welcome Off The Rails and Coming Home to You
Say hello to a new young bluegrass band from Nashville, Off The Rails, which consists of a number of strong pickers you might recognize. If you were at SPBGMA 2024 you already know about this bunch, who debuted there in
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New faces this year in Backline
Two new members have come onboard for Backline, the contemporary bluegrass group from South Carolina based around the singing and songwriting of Katelyn Ingardia. Katelyn tells us that they had a couple of players leave over the winter. "Jacob Connor, our mandolinist,
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Runaway Traveler – new single from Chandler Beavers
Chandler Beavers - photo © Chelse Warren / OpenHeadTakesPhotos West Virginia mandolinist Chandler Beavers has a new single on offer, the first since his 2023 album, 4:09. Beavers works these days as a member of rockin' jamgrass band Alabaster Boxer, and with