Music

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney is climbing the charts right now with a song written by bluegrass favorite Ronnie Bowman. Never Wanted Nothing More was written during a marathon writing session that took place between Ronnie Bowman and proven country writer

Fatherhood has a profound impact, and each man who experiences it feels the change in his own way. For Ronnie McCoury, it has called him to record bluegrass music designed to appeal to young listeners, and hopefully bring families together

This post comes from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard F. Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Although the actual signing took

As the festival season roars into full throttle, a few band members are changing hands as bands reshuffle once again. Kenny & Amanda Smith have brought on one new full time team member, and one temporary member. First let's talk banjo.

And the bluegrass band scramble continues... Joey Cox will be the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing Chris Warner who stepped in briefly when Terry Baucom left the band in March. Just 24 years old, Joey has already had

We had posted last month with news about AcuTab's Adam Stefffey's first-ever mandolin DVD. At the time we indicated that it would be available on June 12, but the release has been delayed until June 25. To atone for the delay,

We received two fine CDs recently, from artists whose music may not be familiar to a wide listening audience. Both projects have their roots in the rich, fertile "bluegrass crescent" that encircles eastern Kentucky and Tennessee along with western Virginia

Earlier this week, our eagle-eyed British correspondent, Richard Thompson, wrote a piece about the erroneous performance credits in the recent Folkways CD reissue of the Country Gentlemen's live album from 1973, Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains. Richard noted

Takeharu Kunimoto is a popular personality in Japan, where he performs on the shamisen in the traditional rokyoku style, and  works as an actor, storyteller and narrator for children's movies. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, both on the

The Grascals will be part of a Friday broadcast on GAC TV, captured live at the CMA Music Fest in Nashville. The band's web site says that the show is on at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. on June 15, but the