Barry Bales

What’s more American than Alison Krauss & Union Station on the 4th of July? Unless you’re eating apple pie with a Cincinnati Reds game on the radio, while watching fireworks light up the sky...  not much. Let’s face it: no other

Bluegrass music... it's a powerful thing! Earlier this week we were talking about pop chanteuse Adele and her fondness for bluegrass music, and now there's word that animated dynamo The Simpsons has called on Alison Krauss & Union Station to provide

Did you know that Barry Bales has his own audio podcast? Well he does. The bass player for Alison Krauss & Union Station, in-demand Nashville session player, and notable bluegrass producer has set out to publish a new solo podcast each

One of the most enjoyable recordings I've discovered this year is Kenny Smith's latest, an instrumental guitar project called Return. The project is special in a number of ways. First of all, it's the first album from Kenny since his 1997

Last night (7/21), I was fortunate to catch Alison Krauss & Union Station in concert at the Roanoke Civic Center. She is extremely popular here, as she is in many parts of the world, and the audience was primed and

Florida banjo picker Scott Anderson has a new CD highlighting his very talented family. Oh... and some of the hottest pickers in bluegrass music! Tales From The Swamp has Scott out in front, primarily on banjo and lead vocals, on a

Last week saw the release of Paper Airplane from Alison Krauss & Union Station, their first full band project since 2004. It's a splendid example of why this group, and their superstar lead singer, have made such a powerful impact well

We've posted a few times about the FX original program Justified, and the bluegrass-tinged music they use during the show's soundtrack. It started with Rench, a hip hop artist who (as Ganstagrass) incorporates bluegrass elements in his music beds. He landed

Kenny Smith shares some thoughts about his upcoming instrumental album on Gat 3 Records in this new video, which also includes comments from Adam Steffey, Barry Bales and Glenn Tabor of Gat 3. This all-instrumental project will be his first guitar

Also completing a solo project for a Spring release is flatpicker extraordinaire Kenny Smith. The as-yet untitled album will be released on the new label recently founded by Gat3 studios, where Kenny has been recording since his departure from Lonesome