Kentucky's Hammertowne has announced the departure of banjo player Brent Pack, and the addition of new member David Adams Barnett in his stead. According to guitarist Dave Carroll, Brent has been offered a position as a full time Park Ranger with the Kentucky State Park
Geoff Union, guitarist and fearless leader of Colorado's Ragged Union, offers this report from their current tour of Great Britain. We’ve made it to roughly the halfway point of our 2 week tour - here’s a little update on how things
Mountain Fever Records has released a sampler video to introduce Heidi & Ryan, formerly known as Kentucky Mountain Trio. It features the music of Heidi and Ryan Greer, a Kentucky couple whose heartfelt vocals and sincere songs will capture your imagination. Recorded
Is this bluegrass? Most assuredly not, but fans of the five string banjo should enjoy this interesting use of the instrument. Virginia banjoist John Bullard has just released his most recent album, Classical Banjo: The Perfect Southern Art, where he performs popular
On Saturday, October 22, Northgate Gallery in Brentwood, TN will host a living estate sale for the collected property of Tom T. and Dixie Hall. Since Miss Dixie's passing in 2015, Tom T. has been downsizing and simplifying his life, and
Here is a report from C.J. Lewandowski from the opening leg of the Po' Ramblin' Boys ongoing 2016 European tour. Full tour details, including newly-added dates, can be found online. Planning a three week tour for a band is tough sometimes,
Can any song be turned into a bluegrass number? And furthermore, should it? Those are the questions I found myself asking as I listened to Dwight Yoakam’s new album, with the tongue-in-cheek title, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars.... Yoakam lined up a
Family Music Group has released a single from their latest album for South Carolina's The King James Boys, The Little End of Something Big. The single is a spirited Gospel number called Long Enough. The Boys are Randy Spencer on guitar, Cole Spencer on bass,
Right on cue, Mountain Fever Records has a single release for Sideline's next album, Colors & Crossroads. The cover has a fall theme, taken from the title track about an October morning in Carolina. But the first single is a song from
Pitt Resophonic Guitars has announced an endorsement for Glen Grain, reso-guitarist with The Edgar Loudermilk Band. The guitars are made by Jerry Pitt in Melcher-Dallas, Iowa. Pitt is relatively new to the luthiery game, starting to build only a few years
