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Noted Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba sent along this video tribute to the late Earl Scruggs. I played “The Scruggs Medley” with my great respect and appreciation for Earl Scruggs last night at Mister Kelly’s in Osaka. Since I started to play

Finally! After three years of shooting and editing - and another year of finagling and politicking - the Punch Brothers movie, How To Grow A Band, is set to hit the screen this week. This highly-anticipated independent documentary is the work

Lou Reid & Carolina are heading for Music City, where they have a big day planned on Friday (4/13). Starting at the especially unkind hour of 8:00 a.m. (CDT), they will be performing material from their latest CD, Calling Me Back

The East Tennessee State University Pride Band, featuring top students from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program, performed recently on Bristol's Big Room, a local music show broadcast on BTN-TV in Bristol, TN. The university is located in nearby

The Harper Family of Missouri is the latest up-and-coming bluegrass act to be signed to Crossroads Entertainment' Pisgah Ridge label. This Gospel singing clan consists of Gaylon and Katrina Harper and their three children, Dalton, Dillon and Hannah, who have all been

Rebel Records has announced May 8 as the release date for Home From The Mills, the second recording from the duo of Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein. This pair of bluegrass veterans have served their time in some of the most

Thanks to Tom Mindte and his Rockville, Maryland company Patuxent Music, which boasts releases from artists like Travers Chandler & Avery County, Jessie Baker, and Ethan Hughes, the bluegrass world has been receiving some pretty cool music as of late.

This commemoration of Earl Scruggs comes from Jack Hatfield, who has earned his living teaching Scruggs' music for almost 40 years. His Scruggs Corner columns for Banjo Newsletter are collectors items, as they contained start-to-finish transcriptions from Scruggs recordings, including

It's always fun to see the new and creative ways folks devise to promote and profit from engagement with bluegrass music and musicians. Over the years the up-close-and-personal instrumental workshops and camps with celebrated artists have become a commonplace, and

Some good news on the banjo legend front... Doug Dillard has been released from the hospital. He was admitted into a rehab facility on Monday, and his wife, Vikki, tells us that Doug is in good spirits and eager to get