Award-winning banjoist Alison Brown is making last-minute preparations for her upcoming tour of Japan, starting later this week. In tow will be husband Garry West on bass, Larry Atamanuik on drums, and John R Burr on keyboard. Also traveling with Alison and Garry
I’m not sure what the definition of bluegrass would be in words alone, but if that definition was set to music, it would probably sound something like Town Mountain’s new Pinecastle Records release, Leave the Bottle. The dozen songs here are
Our good friend Katy Daley, morning host at WAMU's Bluegrass Country, shared a touching story that occurred over this past weekend at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival. It was the closing of a loop, one that began in 1972 when
Recording King has introduced two new banjo models in their budget-conscious Madison line, one targeted at bluegrass pickers and the other at old timers. For three finger players, the RK-R36 is a tone ring banjo with a mahogany neck and resonator, and
Joy Kills Sorrow, Boston's fast-rising alt-bluegrass outfit, has announced the impending exit of bassist Bridget Kearney, who is departing to concentrate on working with her own group, Lake Street Dive. Kearney, who studied jazz bass at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music, is
Although Bill Monroe never ordained it as the 'sixth child', the Dobro® / resonator guitar has become a mainstay in the instrumental line-up in many bluegrass bands. That it has is due to Burkett Howard 'Josh' Graves, the subject of a
From the Pacific Northwest comes a new bluegrass band, Kevin Pace & the Early Edition, determined to spread traditional bluegrass in Washington state and beyond. Pace is a Georgia native, whose family performed as part of The Pace Trio, a Gospel
From the Pacific Northwest comes a new bluegrass band, Kevin Pace & the Early Edition, determined to spread traditional bluegrass in Washington state and beyond. Pace is a Georgia native, whose family performed as part of The Pace Trio, a Gospel
My friend Stacy Grubb, a West Virginia singer-songwriter, sometimes muses that her music is too bluegrass for country and too country for bluegrass. That’s a perfect description for Pure & Simple, the first solo release from Robert Hale, the former
My friend Stacy Grubb, a West Virginia singer-songwriter, sometimes muses that her music is too bluegrass for country and too country for bluegrass. That’s a perfect description for Pure & Simple, the first solo release from Robert Hale, the former
