South Carolina banjo man Todd Taylor has a new CD, and a live performance DVD, available for sale. The CD is called Indescribable, and includes 11 instrumental tracks, 5 of them Taylor originals. All showcase Todd's signature style, which involves both
Here's the final IBMA 2012 report from our Special Bluegrass Correspondent, John Goad. He picks up where he left off, at the conclusion of the Awards Show, and carries us through the rest of his week, all the way back
The indisputable highlight for me during Fan Fest last weekend was getting to visit with the great Larry Sparks. A bluegrass institution of long standing, Larry and his band did a powerful set on the main stage, and then he
Another exciting development this week is the formation of a super all-star special project band, billing as Masters of Bluegrass. It includes Del McCoury on guitar, Bobby Osborne on mandolin, J.D. Crowe on banjo, Bobby Hicks on fiddle, and Jerry
Here is the promised gallery of photos from last weekend's Fan Fest in Nashville, courtesy of Dan Loftin.
We have a wealth of material still to come from last week's World of Bluegrass and Fan Fest in Nashville, which has not yet been published due to the return travel and post-IBMA recovery needs of your humble editor. There are
Steve Johnson, Principal with Mountain Music Entertainment has announced that he is closing the agency to take the job of Artist Relations manager with MerleFest. This explains yesterday's announcement that Junior Sisk had left Johnson for representation with Roe Entertainment. Steve says
Rob Ickes has created a new web site to serve as a tribute to the great resonator guitarist Mike Auldridge, who will perform this evening as part of the National Heritage Fellowships Concert in Washington, DC. Mike is among the 2012 Heritage
Last week during World of Bluegrass, David Morris caught up with Missy Armstrong, lead vocalist and one of two primary songwriters with Michigan's fast-rising Detour. As part of David's Songwriter to Songwriter series, they talked about how she wrote the song Lovin'
“If they can do it, why can’t we?” In the new film, The Porchlight Sessions, Bobby Osborne uses this quote to describe the attitude it took to make his and Sonny’s dream of playing on the Grand Ole Opry a reality.
