Reviews

Laura Orshaw might be the busiest bluegrass fiddler in Boston, Massachusetts. The Pennsylvania native performs with five different bands in and around Beantown - including her own New Velvet Band - and seems to fill in from time to time

Winning the award for unique traditional music band name of the month is Wisconsin-based duo The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers. Nikki Grossman and Joe Hart bill themselves as “a brand-new take on old-time country,” and their newest release, a twelve song (plus

When Chris Stapleton left the SteelDrivers a few years back, I was skeptical that the band could recapture the magic with someone else in front of the microphone. His let-it-all-hang-out style defined the band and made its recordings instantly recognizable. So

This review is a contribution from Ivor Trueman. Italy’s Ruben & Matt and The Truffle Valley Boys, play 1950’s style bluegrass, and they pretty much replicate the original bluegrass ‘sound’ and ‘look’ perfectly. On stage they perform in hats and ties, sharply dressed in

Bluegrass fans may recognize the name Stacy Grubb from her work with the Clay Hess Band, including a popular tour several years ago, or perhaps from her husband’s bluegrass management and booking service, Jason Grubb Artist Management. Though Grubb’s first

It's a bluegrass Gospel CD... It's a Southern Gospel CD... It's two CDs in one! That was my reaction after giving a thorough listen to Feller & Hill's new release, I Firmly Promise You. The guys clearly have one foot firmly

This past weekend (June 5 and 6) was the 44th Annual Mt. Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, which is located in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. I arrived in Mt. Airy late Wednesday evening and was quite excited to get

Now, that is what you call a CD release party. Main stage, Birchmere: legendary east coast hub of all things bluegrass. Stand in front of that iconic stage door and come out swinging with a tune as magnetic as Asheville

When Steve Huber introduced his new Workhorse banjo model in 2014, it immediately called Mike Rowe to mind - the guy who's made a living on TV extolling the virtues of hard work and dirty jobs. The ones that society

Bryson City, North Carolina’s Cody Shuler first made his mark in bluegrass with traditionally-based band Pine Mountain Railroad, although his earliest experience was playing mandolin for Raymond Fairchild at the age of 15. His most recent release, a self-titled album