Some readers may remember the Kentucky-based group Summertown Road, which released a self-titled album back in 2010. The group’s lead vocalist, Bo Isaac, has reassembled several members of the band to release a new project under the name Bo Isaac
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Nathan Stanley – The Legacy Continues
Nathan Stanley, the grandson of the one-and-only Ralph Stanley, has released a new album, The Legacy Continues, recorded with his grandpa's band. At 20 years of age, Nathan has already logged more than a decade traveling with The Clinch Mountain
Roots of My Raising – Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band
Several country artists have made the leap to bluegrass in recent years, with most of them simply returning to the music they grew up loving and performing. Clinton Gregory is among the latest artists to make the change from country
Outshine the Sun – Foghorn Stringband
Most bands practicing old time music these days fall into one of two categories: strict traditionalists, whose albums sound as if they could have been recorded at the Bristol Sessions, and those who take the stripped down sound of the
Fiddler Tim Smith and Friends
Bluegrass is one of the few genres of music in which instrumental skill is showcased just as much or more than vocal skill. As such, many of the best known tunes in bluegrass are instrumentals, made for showing off a
Lonesome Garbage Man – Windy Hill
At a time when so much of the energy in and around bluegrass seems to be centered on envelope-pushing and stylistic redefinitions, it is refreshing to find a young band dedicated to writing and recording in the old time way. Even
When We Fall – Rebecca Frazier
The release late last month of When We Fall from Rebecca Frazier was a welcome one for fans who hadn't heard her on record for the past ten years. The Virginia native was very visible in the first decade of the
Daughters of Bluegrass – Pickin’ Like A Girl
Somewhere around the second or third trip through the buffet line, even the best-tasting dishes start losing their appeal. Too much, even of the good stuff, is, well, too much. I couldn’t shake that feeling while listening to the Daughters of
Della Mae – This World Oft Can Be
More and more young, traditionally-based bands are finding success in the wider world of music. While many of these groups get their start in bluegrass, they also blend acoustic country, folk, Americana, and pop influences in to create the style
Lady Nora – Bennett Sullivan
We've written once before about Bennett Sullivan, a North Carolina banjo player now plying his trade in New York City. At the time we were covering his Kickstarter campaign to use crowd sourcing to finance recording a project of his original