When Punch Brothers played The Ryman Auditorium on February 27, they also spent a few minutes backstage with Martin Fisher of The Center For Popular Music, and recorded Rye Whiskey on an Edison-style wax cylinder for their archives. This video includes
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Steep Canyon Rangers in the Deep South
Shelly Swanger went out with the Steep Canyon Rangers recently, and captured images from three shows in Atlanta, Tallahassee and Pensacola.
Grass Cats celebrate 11 years of first Thursdays
The Grass Cats, the popular bluegrass group based in Raleigh, NC, are celebrating a special anniversary tonight. For the past 11 years, they have without fail played the first Thursday night of each month at Mac's Tavern in nearby Cary. And
Four more Heritage Collection titles from Rural Rhythm
Bluegrass pioneers Hylo Brown, J.E. Mainer and Mac Martin are the subjects of four new reissues in the Heritage Collection Series from Rural Rhythm Records. Since launching this line of archival recordings in 2013, the label has now brought nearly
Skaggs, White and Cooder touring together
A pair of artists whose careers have been marked by unexpected pairings and multi-stylistic collaborations, will be touring later in 2015 with one of the purest voices in country music when Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs hit the road
Ray Edwards battling cancer
Bluegrass songwriter and performer Ray Edwards has shared the news that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Fortunately, tests show that the cancer is isolated in one side of his prostate, and that it is a small and very slow-growing
Bluegrass Weather Report – 5/6/15
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, looking in on the Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Festival in Denton, NC.
Are you afraid of bluegrass music?
The first ballot for the IBMA awards has gone out. Did you receive a “for your consideration” mass e-mail from me or one of my surrogates? I hope not, because I didn’t send one (not that I wouldn’t love to
Baby Blue Eyes – Ashley Lilly with The Songcatchers and Friends
Young song thrush Ashley Lilly has gradually eased herself to the forefront of The Songcatchers and this is even more apparent with the release of the band’s new CD Baby Blue Eyes on Friday, May 1, 2015. Ashley describes what’s on
Town Mountain videos from Suwannee
When Town Mountain performed earlier this year at the Suwannee Springfest, they shot a number of live performance videos away from the stage for the folks at Hype Music Festivals. Three songs were record with Florida swamp land as a backdrop, Coming