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Bluegrass singer/songwriter Gary Ferguson took a different approach for his most recent CD. Instead of hunkering down in the studio for days of intense recording, he enlisted the support of some friends -  top bluegrass performers all - and cut

We've posted many times over the past two years about the Pickin' On series from CMH Records. This impressive series (234 titles and counting) involves bluegrass instrumental tributes to successful pop, rock and country artists. Many have featured some of bluegrass

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. Both Cliff Wagner and the Old #7 and the Clark

Word comes from Crooked Still that cellist, and founding member Rushad Eggleston will be leaving the band in November. Perhaps serving as a testament to his unique abilities as both a musician and a performer, the band will be bringing in

Rebel Records has announced that their first new release for 2008 will be a duo project from Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein. Bluegrass fans remember Gaudreau from his years with The Country Gentlemen, The Tony Rice Unit and his current gig

Spring 2008 will find a bevy of top American bluegrass musicians heading to Wales to serve as instructors at the Transatlantic Bluegrass School. The school will be held starting on May 7 in the scenic coastal village of Newport, Pembrokeshire

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. The new FOX television American Idol spin-off The Next Great

Mixing bluegrass and blues influences in their music - rhythm'n'bluegrass, as they like to call it - is the signtaure sound of The Steeldrivers, whose debut CD is due on Rounder early in 2008. Their self-titled project features all-original music written

Here's your chance to get a free track from the new Mountain Heart CD, Road That Never Ends - The Live Album. The track is While The Gettin's Good, a new song written by Josh Shilling, Jim Van Cleve and

Get yours while the gettin's good! Don't forget that today (10/22) between noon and 10:00 p.m. (ET), any registered user of Bluegrass Today can download a free track from the new Mountain Heart live CD, Road That Never Ends. The track