Music

  • Claire Lynch – Whatcha Gonna Do

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    The new CD from Claire Lynch hit today (9/15) from Rounder Records. Never one to shy away from her southern roots, the album is titled Whatcha Gonna Do, taken from the name of one of the tracks. Her voice, both speaking

  • Two new a cappella Gospel CDs

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    One now, another in October... First up, the latest album from The Isaacs, Naturally: An Almost a Cappella Collection, is out on Spring House. It contains 16 new tracks from the reigning family in bluegrass Gospel music. Six of the songs

  • Free fiddle lessons from Childsplay

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    We posted back in July about the fabulous new CD, Waiting For The Dawn. It is a project of Childsplay, a non-profit organization that has sprung from the annual meetings that violin maker Bob Childs has been hosting this past

  • Corey Hensley to Quicksilver

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    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver has a new member. Corey Hensley has come aboard singing tenor and playing guitar. Corey is a native West Virginian who has played and sung bluegrass and Gospel music since he was a young boy. He spent

  • G2 heading our way

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    G2, our favorite young Swedish bluegrass outfit, will also be heading west to the US later this month. They will perform at the Bluegrass Legends Concert Series in Chicago on 9/26, and then on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour

  • Ricky Skaggs solo stream on iLike

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    The folks at Skaggs Family Records have created a free streaming site on iLike for the upcoming Ricky Skaggs CD, Solo - Songs My Dad Loved. You can listen to all 13 tracks in full on iLike until the release date

  • Buddy Merriam: Back Roads Mandolin

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    Mandolin player Buddy Merriam has recently released a new solo CD containing 14 of his traditionally styled, original mandolin compositions. Buddy is a special jewel within the bluegrass firmament. Not only is he a traditionalist at heart, but also an innovator.

  • Gibson Brothers superfan

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    How about this for a bluegrass fan? Any band would surely be honored to be memorialized in a fan's license plate, as were The Gibson Brothers by a big fan. Too bad the state of Virginia doesn't offer a banjo plate. If

  • Tina Adair – back with a new band

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    Tina Adair made quite a name for herself in bluegrass before many performers her age had played their first show. Her family band, The Adairs, won the 1996 Pizza Hut Bluegrass Showdown when Tina was 17 years old, and within

  • Amanda & Scott Anderson – Another Day

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    Scott Anderson's name has been a familiar one to bluegrass fans in Florida for the past 20 years. He performed and recorded on banjo with Endless Highway, Gentle River and The Bluegrass Parlor Band, and toured as a member of