Music

When we interviewed Dailey & Vincent in Nashville during IBMA week last year, they were tight-lipped about their upcoming Rounder CD, Brothers From Different Mothers. They wouldn't even discuss the songs they had recorded, preferring to keep mum until closer

Blue Highway is marking 2009 as their 15th performing together as a band, and asking their fans and friends to join in the celebration. They played their first show as a band on December 31, 1994 and, amazingly enough, are still

Another forthcoming CD release from the folks at Pinecastle Records is Signs (PRC1169) from Special Consensus. Greg Cahill, with the band on tour in Ireland, took a few moments away from preparing for RTE Radio's Mooney Show last week to

Pam Gadd has been a bluegrass trooper for more years than she may care to admit. As a youngster, she was drawn to the sound of the music at the festivals she attended with her family. She soon had a banjo

Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out have signed with Rural Rhythm Records for their next CD. The band has been tracking at Greg Luck's studio and are hoping for a late spring or early summer release. Sam Passamano, President of Rural

Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

Compass Records has announced that Inside Out, the new CD from Missy Raines & The New Hip, will be released on February 10. The group features Raines on bass and vocals, Ethan Ballinger on mandolin, Michael Witcher on resonator guitar/vocals, and

Hard Ryde first caught my ear in 2007 with their CD Expressed (released in 2006). In 2008 they released Stages. Like most bluegrass bands they experienced some band member turn over between CDs, but if the changes had any effect on

I caught up with Mark Freeman of Rebel Records recently, and he shared some information about their release schedule for 2009. We mentioned last week that they would have a new Lost and Found CD in March, and Mark tells us

Jordan Tice is a young guitarist who is releasing a third CD under his name at only 21 years of age. Long Story, recently released on Patuxent Music, features 10 original instrumental compositions performed by a group of stellar progressive string