Reviews

Lonesome River Band performs at the Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival - photo by Molly Moore With the loss of so many bluegrass festivals the past few years, it's great to have a new one come around. The debut Bluegrass

D. A. Callaway - photo by Kaitlyn McConnell/Ozarks Alive For generations people have responded, often in jest, to the question, "What are you going to do now that you've retired?", with, "I don't know... I guess I'll write my memoirs." Of course,

Eddie Ray Buzzini (whose given name is Ettore) makes his home in Mooresville, North Carolina. Just fifteen years old at the time of this recording's release, the young banjoist lives with his Swiss-Italian father and American mother born in East

The distance separating Norway from North America seems insignificant when Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra take the stage and share the sounds inspired by their seminal influences. After making their mark with Migrants, their well-received debut, the eight piece ensemble take things

Often times with fiddle-oriented recordings, the tunes tend to be a mix between new arrangements of standard pieces alongside original compositions. Sami Braman's debut solo release, Riveter, relies on a completely original formula, with all ten tunes composed by Braman. Sami, who began

Saturday, March 25th, the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame held their 15th annual induction ceremony. Since 2008, the Hall has been honoring musicians, broadcasters, songwriters, luthiers, scholars, promoters, and those in the recording industry who are either from, or

First place band, Passin' Thru (Rodney Haywood, CH Lineberry, Jim Damron, Dwayne Runyon) After a three-year hiatus due to COVID, the 85th annual Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention returned to the North Moore High School auditorium in Robbins, NC. Under the leadership of

Bluegrass Vacation could be considered Robbie Fulks' return to his roots, both theoretically and in terms of practical purposes. Fulks' initial entry into singer/songwriter realms was preceded by a stint with Greg Cahill and his band, Special Consensus, but even

Talk about a long time in coming... A book about the banjo music of Ben Eldridge is a great many years overdue. Since 1970, he has been among the most influential banjo pickers in the bluegrass world, through many years as

The Captain's Crew, based in North Carolina, has been recording their own brand of acoustic gospel music since 1997. With the release of their tenth album, Friends, Faith & Songs of the Sea, the group has taken a slightly different direction