• More changes afoot…

    Well, here are a couple more band changes to announce at year's end. Mandolinist Bobby Clark is leaving the Williams & Clark Expedition to work with Jerry Butler & The Blu-J's. Clark has toiled in the bluegrass salt mines for for

  • More changes in Quicksilver

    Doyle Lawson has made another set of changes to the Quicksilver lineup. Dale Perry will come on board to play banjo and sing bass, and Jason Leek will play bass and sing tenor. The new band will take the stage

  • Three fine new banjo CDs

    Banjo CDs are coming out of the woodwork, it seems. Just in the past few weeks, we have received stellar releases from Dan Menzone, Jessie Baker and Chris Warner. Each is distinctive in its own way, and all should have

  • Another bluegrass baby!

    Erik Igelström, mandolinist with G2, and his wife Hanna, are celebrating the birth of their second son. "On Thursday 26th of November 1:05 p.m. (local Swedish time), we had our second son at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm. We actually haven't decided

  • Highwoods String Band reissued

    Rounder Records has recently re-released a classic album from 1973, Fire On The Mountain by Highwoods String Band. This LP, and the band that recorded it, had a powerful impact on the early '70s old time scene, helping to transform

  • Songwriter Profile – Becky Buller

    This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Becky Buller was born in St. James, Minnesota. At the age of 10, she

  • Changes for Special C in 2010

    We heard this morning from Greg Cahill, banjo player, founder and leader of Special Consensus - Special C to their close friends. Greg also serves as the Board Chair of the International Bluegrass Music Association. He sent along word of some