Music

Though known primarily as a bluegrass Gospel band, Carolina Sonshine's newest CD release, The Country Gentleman, is a collection of tributes to Charlie Waller. Other than the title track, written by band member Dennis Cash as a remembrance, all of

The following is a contribution from Kip Martin, a semi-regular guest contributor to Bluegrass Today. I first became involved with the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend a few years ago when flatpick guitarist extraordinaire Richard Bennett was on staff. I"d just toured Europe

We got a note from Eddie King with Phoenix, letting us know that they had recently received copies of their new CD, Tailor Made. Eddie plays mandolin with the Virginia-based group, which also includes David Coffey on guitar, Jim Green

The Del McCoury band is currently the featured subject in a UPS Special Delivery feature on Amazon.com's site. This is a regular segment in their weekly Amazon Fishbowl video, where an artist or author personally delivers an order to an

Tresa Jordan is the name of a new CD project from this bluegrass and country singer/songwriter, just released on South River Road Records. A debut single, I Turn To Country, has been promoted in recent weeks to country radio, and

The Dixie Bee-Liners could be seen as an anomaly in the rapidly expanding world of bluegrass and acoustic music - a male/female, singer/songwriter duo playing Appalachian-inflected original music with their band, originally from a base in New York City. On second

Just last week, Lonesome River Band celebrated the release of The Road With No End, their tenth project as a band, and their first with the newly-reconstituted membership. Bandleader Sammy Shelor has brought former Lost & Found lead singer Barry

Fiddler Richard Greene established himself as among the leading lights on his instrument when his stellar Duets album was released on Rounder in 1977. Not that he wasn't already a major player. He had done his time with Bill Monroe's

Blue Moon Rising will be all over the radio today - but not on your broadcast dial. First off, they will be Kyle Cantrell's guest on his Studio Special series on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) all this

The first video from the new Rhonda Vincent CD (which we posted about last month) is scheduled to debut today (7/20) on CMT. The video is for the song Heartbreaker's Alibi, and features an appearance by Dolly Parton, who sings