• Mueller family on video

    If you like cute kids and bluegrass music, this video is bound to take you in. It's a documentary on The Muellers, a family bluegrass...

  • Drew Emmitt – Long Road

    Long Road, the new CD from former Leftover Salmonite Drew Emmitt, is due out next Tuesday (7/15) on Compass Records. The bulk of the songs are...

  • Grascals on CBS

    The Grascals sent along this photo from their appearance on the CBS Early Show this past Saturday (7/5), where they performed the title track from...

  • Herb Mayfield passes

    I just received the news this morning that one of bluegrass music's elder statesmen, Herb Mayfield, passed away recently, on May 29, 2008 in Amarillo,...

  • Crooked Still – Still Crooked

    I've found several occasions this past few years to offer high praise for Boston-based string band Crooked Still. Originally drawn to them by my interest...

  • Gary Ferguson crossing the pond

    Gary Ferguson tells us that he is heading shortly for Ireland, his fourth consecutive July visit to the Emerald Isle. He'll have Colin Henry in tow...

  • Banjos at NAMM

    Tim Carter of The Carter Brothers sent along a couple of photos from the Summer NAMM show, being held in Nashville this weekend. NAMM (National Association...

  • Mashville Brigade on XM this week

    The Mashville Brigade is the guest on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. The show has the band in the...

  • DLQ – coast to coast

    We just received a note from Josh Swift, resonator guitarist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He sent along a mini-travelogue report which will give Doyle's many...