• American Revival Tour – Week 1

    Casey Henry has agreed to send us occasional updates from The American Revival Tour, where she is performing with Dixie Bee-Liners. Also on the tour are Sierra Hull & Highway 111 and headliners Uncle Earl. Here is Casey's report. The arrival of

  • Learn to sing bluegrass harmony

    If you've ever wanted to sing bluegrass harmony and didn't know how to learn, or if you've been trying and need some help figuring out the parts, Stephen Mougin has come to your rescue. Stephen plays guitar and sings with Sam

  • More Halloween silliness

    After seeing the costumes from Dixie Bee-Liners, Tim Shelton sent along this photo of NewFound Road in their Halloween get-ups. They played their entire October 31 show in Tompkinsville, KY in full KISS makeup and wigs, and Tim said that they

  • Casey on the road with the Bee-Liners

    Casey Henry has agreed to send us occasional updates from The American Revival Tour, where she is performing with Dixie Bee-Liners. Also on the tour are Sierra Hull & Highway 111 and headliners Uncle Earl. Here is Casey's first report. I'm composing

  • A promise fulfilled

    The following is an account from Wayne Taylor, describing his tour this past September in England and Scotland with his group, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa. On September 21, 1995 in Rosine, Kentucky, the US Navy's Country Current bluegrass group performed for

  • Auditions for Next Best Thing

    Want to tour with Rhonda Vincent? Well she isn't hiring, but her two talented daughters are. Tensel and Sally Sandker are both studying in the bluegrass music program at East Tennesse State University, and perform as Next Best Thing. Tensel plays bass,

  • Josh Williams – Down Home

    Pinecastle has announced February 2010 as the release date for the next Josh Williams album, Down Home, but Josh says that he will have copies for sale from his web site by Thanksgiving. This will be the third solo CD for

  • John McEuen on WFDU

    John McEuen will be a guest on today's (10/30) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU-FM in the New York City metro market. The interview was conducted by host Carol Beaugard earlier this week, when John stopped by the

  • New releases of late

    A number of CDs we have discussed recently on Bluegrass Today have hit this past few weeks. The sophomore release from Grasstowne, The Other Side Of Towne, came out on October 6. As visible as these guys have been since they

  • A pair of reissues from 1978

    Rounder Records has brought back a couple of classic recordings from 1978, capturing a moment when what we might call progressive bluegrass music was still in the process of defining itself. Both albums are brimming with innovative ideas, and should