• Florida Banjo from Mary Z. Cox

    Popular old time banjoist Mary Z. Cox has released her latest CD, Florida Banjo, featuring her take on 15 fiddle tune classics. Joining her are Kerry Blech on fiddle, Ellen Sheppard on mandolin and guitar, Bob Cox on guitar, Lo Gordon

  • Sierra Hull update

    Recently we reported news of the forthcoming CD by Sierra Hull. Now, with the impending release next month, plans for the promotional push are falling into place. ASCAP and Rounder Records are jointly extending an invitation for folks to attend the

  • Elkville String Band on Mountain Roads

    Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, TN, has announced the signing of the Elkville String Band from North Wilkesboro, NC. The band consists of Herb Key, Jeff Michael, Drake Walsh and Bill Williams, and was formed in 2001 to perform the music

  • Bluegrass Wife Swap on YouTube

    If you missed last week's episode of Wife Swap on ABC - which featured bluegrass family The Stockdales as one of the participants - don't despair. As might have been expected, the show has appeared on YouTube, broken into five

  • Travis Book blogs for CMT.com

    Travis Book, bass player and singer with The Infamous Stringdusters, has been engaged by the folks at CMT.com's County Music Blog to report from the road during their upcoming European tour. The 'Dusters will spend the entire month of May

  • Win the Mashville hammer

    Don't forget to sign up to win in our Mashville Brigade Take This Hammer contest. Ten winners will receive an autographed copy of the band's debut CD, Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1, and one extra-luck grand prize winner will also

  • Jimmy Bowen T-shirt contest

    Do you love bluegrass music and have a creative, artistic streak? If so, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe are hoping you'll enter their T-shirt and logo design contest. The contest ends on April 30, and winners will receive prizes including $200

  • The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band

    Recently we reported news of the release of the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band CD - Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray. At the time the fledgling link-up didn't have a website. It does now! Go to the new website to see the

  • Mountain Heart on CMT Pure

    Mountain Heart came in #3 in the online fan voting in this week's CMT Pure 12-Pack Countdown for their Road That Never Ends video. That means that the video will be shown tonight (4/25) on television on CMTP, CMT's new digital