Bryan McDowell has built a long, steady career as one of acoustic music's quintessential sidemen, having performed with the likes of Molly Tuttle, John McEuen, Claire Lynch, and Sierra Hull, among others. McDowell's self-titled recording on Mountain Fever Records moves
There's been an exciting new development at Bluegrass Today. I think it's even bigger than the recent breaking of the personnel change story that rocked the industry: "Brian Hampton to Kryspy Rydge." It may even be bigger than the installation
Consistent bluegrass hitmaker Milan Miller has a new single as we begin the holiday season, one he wrote with frequent co-writer, Beth Husband. This one, The Sun is Setting in Barrow, carries an unusual topic for a bluegrass song, to wit,
Evan Dickerson and The Carl Bentley Band We written several times here about Evan Dickerson, a young man from Ohio with a passion and love for bluegrass music as big as the world is wide. A regular at most of the
Volume Five has announced Jared Hensley of Weaverville, NC as their new guitarist, replacing Jacob Burleson who had been in that position for several years. An experienced pro at a young age, Jared has stints with several touring bluegrass acts under
The Kody Norris Show has just released a highly entertaining music video for Waitress, Waitress, their grassed-up arrangement of this Little Jimmy Dickens classic from the 1950s, written by hall of famer Boudleaux Bryant. Kody recorded this one on their
Lluís Gómez's obsession with music began early on. His interest was nurtured early on in his hometown of Premià de Mar, located near the sea about 20 km north of Madrid, and the place he still calls home. He began
The 54th running of the Grand Master Fiddler Championship took place over this past weekend at the Factory in Franklin, just south of Nashville, TN. This is an extremely prestigious competition, a true testing ground for fiddlers of all ages. The
Well that didn't take long... Just a week ago we shared that Anthony Howell, guitarist with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, was switching to banjo with the band, the instrument most of us have known him for playing. His comment at
Of late we've been hearing from storied bluegrass singer and songwriter Irene Kelley mostly with new music from her venture with her two daughters, i.e., Women of Kelley. But this week we get a single of her solo work, in
