Music

Fiddler Brandon Godman has come onboard with New Found Road, effective this past weekend. He did his first shows with the band at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville - where they picked up an award for Gospel Group of the

Fresh off the success of his 2007 release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - up for a Grammy Award this weekend - Tony Trischka has another ambitious recording due for release in March. Despite all the hoopla he generated with the Double

Chris Stuart is back in the studio this winter working on a new project. Like previous CDs with his band, Backcountry, it will primarily feature original songs written within the group, but in a first for Chris this new album

Students and fans of bluegrass and old time music, and a great many people with an interest in American folk music, know of the African roots of our beloved banjo. Academics and ethnomusicologists have written extensively on the topic, but

Most of us can remember, and will tell the story with enthusiasm, how we became interested in bluegrass music. Many of those stories would be similar, "I heard it on the radio and had to pull my car over" or

There are now audio samples on the Rounder Records site from the new Blue Highway CD, Through the Window of a Train. It isn't due for release until February 12, but you will have a chance to hear many of the

Last year a raging battle ensued over the performance royalty rates for internet radio. That battle continues even now. The entity that established those rates is the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). The CRB is now preparing to adjust and establish mechanical

New Found Road is also in the studio finishing up a new project. Guitarist and lead vocalist Tim Shelton tells us that they have completed the instrument tracking and have started in on vocals. Jim VanCleve is producing. "There are some really

We got a note from Jim VanCleve this morning with news about his next producing project, the upcoming CD from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. Jim had produced their self-titled debut release for Rural Rhythm in 2006 and when we

Rounder Records has announced the release of a new CD from the two-time IBMA Award winning combination, Longview. It is a little over ten years since the debut release by the super group bearing the name Longview and with their first