• Bryan Sutton video preview

    Sugar Hill has released a video sampler for Bryan Sutton's latest CD, Into My Own. It was shot during his album release party last month at Carter Fine Guitars in Nashville with many of the artists who performed on the

  • Into My Own – Bryan Sutton

    For a great many years, Bryan Sutton has flown under a lot of people's radar. Those 'in the know,' or closely connected to the acoustic music world, recognized the fiery flatpicker as the first guitar gunslinger with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky

  • Tony Rice benefits in CT and TN

    Over this next few weeks, two benefit concerts will be held to raise funds for The Tony Rice Foundation, which is collecting donations to assist Tony while he seeks to recover from both his arm and voice problems. Over $60,000

  • For The Record: Becky Buller #2

    Once again, Stephen Mougin at Dark Shadow Recording has prevailed on one of his artists to retail their recording experience for us in blog form. This time, it’s Becky Buller who is working on her first solo project with the label. Here

  • Noam & Friends 2013 video recap

    To help promote the second stage of the Noam Pikelny & Friends tour, a video with highlights from the fall of 2013 has been released. The tour is primarily in support of Noam's stellar 2013 release, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker

  • Into My Own from Bryan Sutton

    Bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton has accomplished an awful lot since he first appeared on the scene with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 1995. This was at the beginning of Skaggs' return to his bluegrass roots, and Sutton was enlisted

  • Irene Kelley’s Pennsylvania Coal

    I wasn’t prepared for what happened the first time I hit play on Irene Kelley’s new CD, Pennsylvania Coal. I’ve known and admired her work as a songwriter and I knew from reading the liner notes that the picking would be

  • Hot Rize tracking new project

    Fans of Hot Rize will be delighted to learn that there is a new studio album in the offing. The CD will be the first by the legendary band in 10 years – and the first studio album since the release

  • All-Star Civil War Tribute Due Nov 5

    ATO Records has announced November 5th as the official release date for Divided & United, a two-disc set commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. This hearty thirty-two song collection features the best in American music. Drawing from country, bluegrass, and

  • Noam et al mashing it in B

    For anyone who may have scoffed at Noam Pikelny's recent suggestion that he has been cramming on J.D. Crowe's music of late, we offer further proof in the form of this video shot backstage during his current tour. Noam is out