Bluegrass Today will have a presence at this year's annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America. There will be live concerts, showcase stages, a banjo workshop, a band competition, and the annual SPBGMA awards presentations over
Who’s the world record setting banjoist with 5 Grammy nominations that you may have never heard of? That's Spartanburg, South Carolina native Todd Taylor. Having established the Guinness World Record for “fastest banjo player” at 210 beats per minute with
"The MOB is on its way!” is what Don Rigsby of the Rambling Rooks had promised when they left the stage. He was talking to an excited crowd of onlookers at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC) in Bowling
One of the basic requirements of any professional band is to be able to get to the gig, wherever it might be. It’s one (sometimes the only) common bond we all share. Some bands carry a P.A. system, some do not.
We've had Grasstowne and Monroeville, and now we have another bluegrass destination to add to our itinerary... Hammertowne. This new group of five veteran Kentucky pickers and singers has completed their first album, and signed this week with Mountain Fever Records,
Here's an interesting twist on the ongoing battle between bluegrass traditionalists and big-tenters. At this past weekend's Northern California Bluegrass Awards in Redwood City (just south of San Francisco), there was a tie in the balloting for Best Bluegrass Band. The vote was
NewTown has announced that Clint Hurd has joined the band on mandolin, taking the spot vacated by James Kee when he departed at the end of 2012. Clint has done a pair of shows with the band, and will be
It was supposed to be a little different; the debut performances of both the much-heralded Masters of Bluegrass and The Rambling Rooks had been scheduled for the night before (1/25) in Bristol, TN, but winter ice storms made the outing
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line have released a live video, shot last week in Nashville. It was actually their first live show as a band, after spending time in the studio last year recording their first album together,
The Boston area’s prime bluegrass event, The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, is coming up in a few weeks and a lot of folks in the northeast are making preparations to attend. We'll have a correspondent/photographer there for the first time
