• On This Day # 7

    On this day in 1923 …… January 10, 1923, Curly Ray Cline was born. Had he lived, the extrovert Curly Ray Cline would have been 90 years old today. Born in Pike County, Kentucky, Cline was inspired to play the fiddle by hearing

  • IIIrd Tyme Out live on WSM

    Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will be celebrating the release of their album, Timeless Hits From The Past... Bluegrassed, with a live radio concert on WSM tonight at 7:00 p.m. (EST). The album was released earlier this week by Cracker

  • Deadly Gentlemen take on Vampire Weekend

    The Deadly Gentlemen are part of the eclectic acoustic music scene in and around Boston, using the instrumentation common to a bluegrass band to create music that Mr. Monroe never imagined. The band is the brainchild of banjoist Greg Liszt, who

  • 2013 Bluegrass Knowledge Test

    Well, it’s that time of year again (isn’t it always?). I really had no follow-up to that statement; it just seemed like a snappy way to begin this column. It’s at least safe to say that it’s a time of year

  • Run Secretariat Run to radio

    Just about a year ago, Dale Pyatt recorded a song he wrote with Charlie Hall, celebrating the illustrious career of Secretariat, perhaps the most celebrated race horse in the 20th century. It was initially available only through The Secretariat Foundation,

  • John Lowell – I Am Going To The West

    Montana's John Lowell, founding member and guitarist with the popular but now disbanded Kane's River, has just released a new album. I Am Going To The West consists primarily of Lowell singing his original material, with sparse guitar accompaniment. But when I

  • Pinecastle signs Newton and Thomas

    Mark Newton and Steve Thomas are the latest artists to be signed by Pinecastle Records, it has been announced today. A new duo project, Reborn, is scheduled for an April 9 release. Both of these fine musicians have enjoyed a long

  • Music from Justified

    Today (1/8/13) marks the season premiere of Justified, one of the few television dramas I follow week to week. I discovered the show two years ago quite by chance, when an episode began after something else I had on. In