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Canaan’s Crossing has released Words on the Song Garden label, their first recording in three years. This is the sixth album for this noted bluegrass Gospel group, based in the northern Alabama community of Arab. The band is led by bass

The winners of the 35th annual Central Canadian Bluegrass Award were announced in Huntsville, ON this past weekend. Voting for nominees and winners is limited to members of the Northern Bluegrass Committee, who sponsor the awards, or one of six regional bluegrass clubs

John Miller is back in action after a four-month absence to battle tongue cancer. Miller’s emotional return to the stage came Saturday night when The Travelers played at the Lucketts, Va., community center. If Miller hadn’t talked about his illness from

Christmas time is coming … and this new book, Inventing The American Guitar, may well be an ideal present for those interested in the history of the American flat-top guitar. Sub-titled The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Contemporaries

Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps will be premiering another new classical composition scored for a bluegrass group (banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass) on December 6 at the eTown Hall in Boulder, CO. It's part of a series of four pieces he's commissioned,

Every time I get angry about cable TV rates or restrictions, and turn my mind to the notion of doing without, there are a few things that slam on the brakes. One is live sports, and the other is DVR.

Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin are touring this month in England, and Stephen is sending along a travelogue of their time across the pond. Day 5 turns into a wild goose chase. Ned needed to get a bunch of radio stuff done

West Virginia mandolinist, singer, and songwriter Rachel Burge is heading in to the studio next week with her band, Blue Dawning. They will start work on a debut band project, following up on Burge's stellar 2012 solo album, Don't You

This week the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville hosted Ricky Skaggs as an artist-in-residence. Given his prominence in both bluegrass and country music, the museum sponsored two nights of shows: one celebrating Skaggs in each genre,

Nathan Stanley and his grandfather, the great Ralph Stanley, are starting work on a new Gospel album. It will be produced under the auspices of Nathan's new music ministry, Nathan Stanley Ministries, and sponsored by a regional bank in his part of