Music

Grasstowne had no sooner arrived home from their Yukon adventures than they announced the hiring of heralded multi-instrumentalist Dale Perry on bass and bass vocals. Dale has had quite a career in bluegrass, working with some of the most prestigious acts

Here are the five finalists in the IIIrd Tyme Out Father's Day photo contest. They were chosen by the band and the folks with Rural Rhythm Records out of many more that were submitted over the past few weeks. The theme

Phil Leadbetter sent along this brief report about Grasstowne's recent Canadian tour, along with some photos of the guys taking in the sights. Grasstowne headed to Canada for concerts in the Yukon on June 7-19. The band played concerts in the

Just in time for the big festivals in California this weekend, Golden Staters Sawmill Road announce the release of their second CD, Fire On The Kettle. The band, made up of five experienced west coast pickers, was a big hit at

Reso-guitar mega-monster Rob Ickes has a new CD, focusing on his musical life outside of bluegrass and Blue Highway. Road Song is a collaboration with jazz pianist Michael Alvey on a set of piano/dobro duets, with Robinella providing vocals on three

Multiple Grammy winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer have a new CD, an 8 song EP collaboration with beatbox artist Christylez Bacon. The album is titled Banjo To Beatbox, and is Cathy and Marcy's latest collection of children's songs, performed

Westvon Publishing has launched a new series of guitar instructional packages, Hot Guitar Licks, and the first release is for bluegrass guitar. The package features audio files and printed music, and can either be delivered in the mail, or downloaded

Bill Evans sent a note last week with news of the 2009 NashCamp Banjo Retreat scheduled for October 16-18 just outside of Nashville. As always, they have a crackerjack staff of banjo instructors on tap, and Evans was especially pleased to

Another new Rebel release from last month is In God's Time from Barry Scott & Second Wind. This project had been released as a self-produced CD last year, available only from the band, and Rebel picked it up when Scott signed

Larry Keel and Natural Bridge is offering four free audio downloads to anyone who signs up for their mailing list. The songs are from their current CD, Backwoods: Diamond Break, They, Crocodile Man and Bitten By A Snake. All four songs