KCA Artists in Nashville, formerly Keith Case & Associates, has announced the signing of New England's Lonely Heartstring Band to the agency for exclusive representation. The group has been steadily on the rise since their somewhat accidental inception three years ago.
Thanks to Ted Lehmann for sharing this video he shot during The Gibson Brothers' annual Christmas show. Billed as A Gibson Family North Country Christmas, Eric and Leigh host the show each year at their old high school, Northern Adirondack Central School,
The newly reformed and reinvigorated Mountain Heart has been in the studio this past few months, putting together their first recorded project from the new lineup. Josh Shilling and Aaron Ramsey remain from the previous active version of the boundary-pushing grassers, as
There's not much you can get for $0.99 these days. If you are a banjo player, you'd be lucky to get a single banjo string for a buck, much less a new pick, or some new licks to learn. But wait...
The video we posted earlier this week of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver's arrangement of O Holy Night has been such a hit among their fans, that they have released the audio as a single through iTunes. It was recorded during the
Mountain Faith has joined the ranks of bluegrass artists releasing Christmas music this year. They've created a holiday video, in conjunction with Western Carolina University, of Carol Of The Bells, one of the more challenging pieces of Yuletide music to
Though it may not be obvious to bluegrass consumers, those who work in the business from artists, writers, radio professionals, and record label staff, know what a major player Airplay Direct has become in the bluegrass world. Formed in 2005 by Robert
The venerable Banjo NewsLetter has dedicated its December issue to the career and music of the great J.D. Crowe. Surely among the finest bluegrass banjo players ever to don picks, BNL uses the recent announcement of Crowe's retirement to remember the many decades
After three decades spent playing with regionally-based artists, and stints with the Little Roy and Lizzy Show and the Clinton Gregory Band, Georgia-based mandolin player Doug Flowers has recently released Doug Flowers and Friends, filled with a number of his
Steep Canyon Rangers have released a live video of Blue Velvet Rain from their current Radio album, performed with The Brevard Sinfonia. The song is a somber ballad written by Charles R. Humphrey III and Phil Barker, orchestrated for the video by Jonathan Sacks,
