Reviews

Two things leap out of you when you check out the brilliant new project from the Mountain Faith Band, long a favorite here at Bluegrass Today. First you notice that they have officially changed their name to Summer Brooke and

In the thirty-plus years since its founding, Bluegrass Express has developed a steady following throughout the Midwest, winning over audiences with its strong mixture of straightforward bluegrass and Gospel, all with a traditional bent. The band has recently released its

It’s been a little while since we’ve had new music from Nu-Blu, the North Carolina-based band headed up by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Carolyn Routh. Their last album, All the Way, came out back in 2014, with hit single That’s

There aren’t many artists in their eighties releasing albums these days, even in bluegrass, where both fans and musicians often trend a little older than most music genres. There are even fewer artists in their eighties who get enough airplay

Byron Berline fans will find much to love about Flyin’ Fingers, his latest double CD (44 tracks). This outstanding collection of all original tunes, written and produced by Byron Berline at The Double Stop Fiddle Shop in Guthrie, OK, was

One is given to wonder what or who is responsible when an artist on the rise makes a huge leap forward from one recording to the next, such as we see on Raining In Baltimore from Kim Robins, set for

The Old Church in Perkins, OK, began it’s life as a small chapel nestled on a very quiet street in this quaint town. It has become a must attend venue for people in this part of the state. Originally known

Though the title sounds more like an autobiographical memoir, Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy is a "new" CD from Tom Ewing, who played guitar and sang with Bill Monroe roughly from 1986 until Bill passed in 1996. Recently released on

It’s easy to call an album “newgrass.” If the banjo doesn’t sound quite like Scruggs, if there’s a heavy folk, pop, rock, and/or jazz influence, if songs aren’t about cabins and mama, reviewers, publicists, and even bands themselves are apt

Another fun filled two weeks at the annual National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival in Weiser, ID has just concluded. There were the official, world-renowned contests taking place in the high school for fiddlers of all ages from Monday, June