Music

Our friend Tim May has put together a new workshop/camp for guitarists, aimed at providing more personalized, higher level instruction than normally available at camps and workshops. The intention is for intermediate to advanced players to come get three days

Rounder Records is preparing a unique release for a new live album from banjo patriarch Earl Scruggs. Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends - The Ultimate Collection, Live At The Ryman will be released as an audio CD on November 18,

Applications are now being accepted for bands wishing to perform at the 2009 European World Of Bluegrass. The festival runs from May 21-23, 2009 in Voorthuizen, Netherlands and is a rough equivalent to the IBMA Fan Fest held at the conclusion

On my personal list of bluegrass artists who rarely get the exposure and credit they deserve, songwriter Chris Stuart's name is always prominent. Songwriters generally toil in the shadows, and folks in the business are among the few who keep

The New Essex Bluegrass Band has released its first CD, entitled Hot Off The Press. The New Essex Bluegrass Band has been in existence since 1994 and has been one of the UK's most popular traditional bluegrass acts from the beginning.

Family bluegrass band Cherryholmes is making its first attempts to cross over to country radio. According to a Reuters/Billboard report, Cherryholmes is remixing - with added piano and drums - This Is My Son, one of the cuts from their forthcoming

Songs From The Road is a loosely-knit side project band that features members of such noted touring acts as Steep Canyon Rangers, The Emmit Nershi Band, Shannon Whitworth and the Refugees, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Town Mountain, Super Grit

Already a Grand Ole Opry veteran as a high school senior, bluegrass prodigy Sierra Hull has a very special appearance scheduled for tonight's Friday Opry (9/19). Sierra has a dozen or more Opry appearances under her belt, but those were all

Blue Circle Records has announced the release of Bluegrass Bouquet (BCR-017), what they describe as "an organic all-female album" from the IBMA Recorded Event of the Year award-winning Daughters of Bluegrass. This CD, the second album for the Blue Circle Record

Tennessee Pusher, the new project from Old Crow Medicine Show is scheduled for release this coming Tuesday (9/23). OCMS chose eclectic producer Don Was for this new project, whose previous credits have included music megastars like Bob Dylan and Elton John.