• Bill Emerson to Rural Rhythm

    Rural Rhythm has snapped up another top name in bluegrass, announcing today that Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie will release their next CD in 2010 on the California-based label. The band is fronted by banjo legend Bill Emerson, with Wayne Lanham

  • New Grasstowne CD available online

    We just heard from Alan Bibey that the new Grasstowne CD, The Other Side Of Town, is now available online. This, their second recorded project for Pinecastle Records, won't be officially released until October 6, but the band has pre-release copies

  • David Davis on Alabama Arts

    David Davis was interviewed recently by Alabama Arts Radio for a broadcast on August 23. The wide-ranging discussion with Deborah Boykin includes his memories of The Louvin Brothers, Charlie Monroe and his uncle Cleo Davis, who played with Bill Monroe and

  • Devil Of The Trail to radio

    Devil Of The Trail, the first single from Randy Kohrs' upcoming CD, Quicksand, is on its way to bluegrass radio. The song tells a pioneer tale, the story of a young woman risking everything to start a new life in the

  • More awards for Dailey & Vincent

    No... these are a different sort of awards. After winning several armloads of trophies at IBMA 2008, Dailey & Vincent may be accustomed to walking off stage with major awards. But handing them out, not so much. But that's just what they've

  • Steep Canyon Rangers – Deep In The Shade

    Another new CD due this fall that has caught my attention is Deep In The Shade, the third Rebel release from Steep Canyon Rangers. The project reunites the band with producer Ronnie Bowman and engineer Wyatt Rice with whom they collaborated

  • Old time music from Ricky Skaggs

    Ricky Skaggs is finally releasing a solo project - and we do mean solo. Songs My Dad Loved, due September 15 on Skaggs Family Records, features Ricky on 13 tracks, accompanied only by himself on guitar, mandolin, mandocello, fiddle and banjo.

  • Blue Moon Rising on Track-By-Track

    Keith Garrett and Chris West of Blue Moon Rising will be the guests on this week's Track-By-Track program on Bluegrass Junction. Their latest CD, One Lonely Shadow, was released almost exactly one year ago on Lonesome Day Records, but did not

  • Sam Bush – Circles Around Me

    We just got our advance copy of the new Sam Bush CD, Circles Around Me. Sam had told us that it was one that his bluegrass and newgrass fans would really appreciate, and he wasn't kidding. Other than the subtle percussion