Mercury Classics has released The Impostor, a new project from Béla Fleck, including a pair of long-form Fleck compositions recorded with the Nashville Symphony and the Brooklyn Rider quartet. The Impostor is a concerto for banjo in three movements, performed with the symphony,
Leftover Salmon has a new single, Thornpipe, a driving banjo tune written and performed by Andy Thorn. It's the second in a set of four new tracks to be pre-released in collaboration with Colorado's Breckenridge Brewery. Free download codes are available in
Here are our Special Bluegrass Correspondents with a comical look at the 2013 Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA.
Say that three times fast... Compass Records has just announced the October 1 release of a new solo project from Punch Bothers banjoist Noam Pikelny. And it's quite a departure from his prior album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail,
Josh Woods has been announced as the new banjo player with Kim Robins & 40 Years Late. He lives in Indianapolis and grew up on the music of The Boys From Indiana. Robins released her first CD, 40 Years Late, earlier this
Bluegrass fans having been awaiting Never Thought Of Looking Back, banjo man Terry Baucom's second solo project, for some time. A debut single, What'll I Do, was released in March, and has spent several weeks at or near the top of our
Go ahead... insert your favorite banjo jokes here. Those of us blessed with an affinity for the five string understand banjo envy when we see it, and that the mind of a banjo picker is one that masters detail and
Tim Carter, the banjo pickin' half of The Carter Brothers, is currently on tour with an all star band in support of his Bang Bang album. Tim May is on guitar, Barbara Lamb on fiddle, Matt Flinner on mandolin and Adam
Ron Block is what you might call a complicated artist. If you pick the five, you probably see him as the powerful banjo player with Alison Krauss & Union Station. Guitarists think of Ron in that role with AKUS, as
Bernie Leadon, founding member of the Eagles, has been announced as the newest endorsing artist with Huber Banjos. He is currently out with them again as part of the History of the Eagles world tour, which began earlier this month. Though he
