Music

We have mentioned New Tattoo, the just-released CD from The John Cowan Band, a number of times this past few months. It was officially released yesterday, and the band has created a full-featured e-card to help promote the CD. The

We posted yesterday with news that Kristin and Wayne Benson were expecting their first child in October. We mentioned that we weren't sure what Kristin's plans might be for the future, either with regard to playing banjo with Lonesome Standard

Tyler Grant has a new CD, In The Light, which features primarily his original material, with a few traditional tunes and classic bluegrass numbers included as well. Tyler is a current member of the Drew Emmit Band, and has also

The New England Mandolin Ensemble will be holding their second annual Cape Cod Mandolin Camp this fall in East Sandwich, MA. The camp runs from September 29 through October 1, 2006. Bringing a wide range of styles to mandolin playing

Mandolinist Scott Napier has recently become the newest member of the Dale Ann Bradley band. I had to opportunity to speak with Dale Ann via email and asked her about having Scott in the band. Scott is extremely innovative and his

Tomorrow on Monday, June 12, Gracie Muldoon from WorldWideBluegrass.com will be interviewing several members of High Ground on Muldoon in the Afternoon around 4:30PM. She will also be playing cuts from their forthcoming CD A Game That I Can't Win.

We posted last week about the upcoming solo project from Chris Thile, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, which is really a band project, though solo in the sense of it being recorded and promoted outside of his

Rebel Records has reissued two Ralph Stanley albums as download only releases on Apple's iTunes Music Store. Both were originally released in the mid 1970s, during what is widely viewed as the hey day of Dr. Ralph's post-Carter era,

We've had a lot on Bluegrass Today of late about the new CMH Records bluegrass Van Halen tribute release, Strummin' With The Devil - almost on a daily basis this past week or so. We hope that our readers with

The latest issue of Silver Strings is now available from Angie'sBanjo.com. This is a free, monthly online publication dedicated to providing both encouragement and instructional tips for folks learning to play the banjo beyond "a certain age." The June edition includes