Music

Brad Laird at MandoUniversity.com has just published two new books for mandolinists. The first book is titled The Mandolin Handbook - An Owner's Manual. The book's purpose is to help the mandolin owner better understand how their instrument was built, how

Nickel Creek fans who are still processing the news that the band will not be performing together much longer can take heart with one bit of news. Sugar Hill is set to release a special retrospective on the band next month,

Mark Newton will be on XM's Bluegrass Junction tomorrow (10/25) with a World Premier of his new Rebel release, Hillbilly Hemingway. The CD won't be officially released until November 7, but Mark and producer Carl Jackson will join XM's Kyle Cantrell

Brance and I had the opportunity this past weekend to catch Chris Thile and his How To Grow A Band show in concert at The Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA. As the band name implies, they are on tour in

Over the weekend I came across a post on Ron Block's website stating that overdubs are almost complete on what appears to be a new solo project from Ron. Overdubs continue in my basement studio. I'm looking to finish all my

Today marks the 36th anniversary of the first two album releases by Rounder Records. Rounder 0001 - George Pegram and Rounder 0002 - The Spark Gap Wonder Boys were both released on October 20th, 1970. In the following 36 years Rounder

Flatpicker Mo Canada has a new CD, released appropriately enough on Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's label. Entitled Grassoline, it features 12 instrumentals that highlight Canada's celebrated guitar playing, with assistance from some of the most skilled pickers in bluegrass. Tony Rice,

Noted bluegrass mandolinist Mike Compton has two new videos up on YouTube. Both are simple productions, and feature Mike playing through a fiddle tune. The first has Mike playing a somewhat obscure Bill Monroe tune, Frog On A Lilly Pad. It

Well...almost. The new release from bluegrass legend Curly Seckler is now available, but not in the ways with which you may be accustomed. The folks at Copper Creek Records have decided to release this project almost exclusively for download. A limited pressing

For those of you desiring to learn old-time banjo, or frailing banjo as it's sometimes called, here is a resource you might want to check out. Patrick Costello has a book available called The How and the Tao of Old