Music

Our friends at UKBluegrass.com just let us know that they have posted to their blog an interview with John and Moira Wirtz who organize Europe's largest bluegrass/old time music camp, Sore Fingers. The camp has been running each year since

Sammy Shelor called yesterday to let us know that he has hired Andy Ball to replace recently departed mandolinist/tenor singer Jeff Parker in Lonesome River Band. Andy is a young man, just graduated from college, who grew up in Detroit,

Next month on February 13th, 2007 The Infamous Stringdusters will release their debut Sugar Hill recording, Fork In The Road. We've said a lot about this group in the past and we're sure looking forward to hearing this CD. Right

Michael Feagan is the newest member of Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers, joining the band on fiddle. He had worked previously with Bill Monroe and David Peterson & 1946, as well as country singer and guitarist Jerry Reed. That makes

There is an article in this morning's edition of The Herald Sun with more details about the imminent relocation of the Durham, NC offices of Sugar Hill Records which we reported on Monday. The Herald Sun is the daily paper

Two big pieces of news came from Sugar Hill Records yesterday. First, they announced that their main offices would be moved from Durham, NC to Nashville. The company had been headquartered in Durham since they launched in 1978. In addition, they announced

We just heard from Joe Carr, Assistant Professor of Music in the bluegrass program at South Plains College in Levelland, TX. Alan Munde has announced his retirement from his faculty position at the end of the Spring 2007 term, and

Over the holidays I had the chance to actually listen to some music. One of the CDs that spent a lot of time in my ears is the latest offering from Jim Lauderdale. The CD, simply titled Bluegrass, is nominated

If you are a fan of jam bands then chances are you are a fan of Leftover Salmon and this DVD may be just the thing for you. Years In Your Ears tells the story of the band beginning with

Mel Bay has a new book of mandolin transcriptions from virtuoso player Mike Marshall. Entitled The Mike Marshall Collection, the book contains 11 of Mike's pieces, transcribed from his recordings. Each tune is shown in both tab and standard notation, including