• Off The Shelf – DownRiver Collective

    DownRiver Collective began as a trio in 2018, but has since expanded into a five piece ensemble which includes Ali Vance on lead vocals, Bailey Warren on fiddle and harmony vocals, John Gray on banjo, guitar, and harmony vocals, Jonny

  • Cascade Highway – Bo Randall

    Cascade Highway marks an auspicious debut for singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Bo Randall, a 33 year old musician raised in Southern California, formerly based in Seattle, and now living in Milwaukee for, he says, "a change of pace, the thriving

  • Cast A Lonesome Shadow – Larry Stephenson Band

    Thirty five years ago, tenor singer and mandolinist Larry Stephenson struck out on his own and formed a group that's maintained strong vocal harmonies and first rate musicianship for several decades. Stephenson's latest release, Cast a Lonesome Shadow combines new, original material

  • 2024 Seagrove Fiddlers’ Convention winners

    Maxton Byrd, recipient of the 2024 Alan Perdue Award at the Seagrove Fiddlers'Convention with the Perdue family - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 69th Annual Seagrove Fiddlers’ Convention returned Saturday night to the small pottery town in central North Carolina.

  • Born Again Bluegrass – Marty Falle

    Marty Falle finds a natural fit when it comes to his love of bluegrass. That's been the case since early on, when he was inadvertently introduced to the form by a fictitious bluegrass group called the Darlings, the band that

  • Sagebrush Continuum – Alex Graf

    Though Brooklyn native Alex Graf began his musical journey as a jazz guitarist, he's more recently moved into the bluegrass and acoustic realm. Graf's debut release, Sagebrush Continuum, is a collection of tunes centered around Alex's flatpicking and improvisational sensibilities.  The opening track, Rock

  • Big Bass Bluegrass & BBQ in Florida

    Dan Tyminski Band at the 2024 Big Bass Bluegrass & BBQ festival - photo © Bill Warren The city of Inverness is to be congratulated on putting on quite a show for folks in the surrounding area. The wonderful people at

  • Hard Times & Deadlines – Armchair Boogie

    Wisdom sometimes reveals itself in unexpected places. Take for example, the band Armchair Boogie. While the name may not necessarily hint at any overt intelligence, their new album, Hard Times & Deadlines, boasts songs that clearly convey a knowing perspective.

  • 9th Annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp report

    This article was co-written by Xavier Cardús, one of the organizers of the camp. Photos are a contribution from Josep Ponsà. On March 1-2, 2024, the Associacio Bluegrass i Old-Time Al Ras (Al Ras) hosted the 9th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp in