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As we reported yesterday, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were feted Monday afternoon in the Tennessee State Senate with a resolution honoring Doyle, his current band and their manager, Josh Trivett, for the band's many contributions to bluegrass Gospel music over

I was happy to see the headline earlier this month for a story written by my friend and current bandmate, Buckwheat Green, about one of the great bluegrass venues of days gone by, The Rose Garden Inn. However, after reading

The stage at this past weekend's Wintergrass festival in Tacoma, WA was the setting for the official announcement that Chris Luquette was the new, full-time guitarist with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. Solivan shared the news with us, emailing from the plane

Crossroads Music will release the latest in a long string of bluegrass Gospel albums from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on March 20. This newest, Sing Me A Song About Jesus, offers 11 new songs from Doyle and the boys, all performed

Rob McCoury is spending his Monday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. After suffering a fall over the holidays, he developed a blood clot in his leg which had grown to a size that required surgical intervention. The procedure was done

We had extensive coverage last week of the momentous tribute offered to mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore at a benefit concert in Roanoke, VA on February 19. The show featured performances by artists as diverse as Punch Brothers and Seldom Scene,

This report was shared by C.S. “Charlie” Robinson of the Southeastern Bluegrass Association. On the occasion of his 70th birthday at a performance on Friday (2/24) in Foley, AL, the SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA) honored Little Roy Lewis with the organization’s first

When I met Jim Hurst for the first time last summer, I was almost surprised to discover he has just two hands. He sure plays guitar like he has a couple of extras, using a blend of flat picking and

The other day I was listening to some music by one of the most successful acoustic groups of our time, Nickel Creek. I got to looking at some dates, and noticed that, possibly their most successful album, This Side, celebrates

Steep Canyon Rangers have created a video entry for the Dead Covers Project. Grateful Dead fans are invited to submit videos of themselves performing a Dead song during the month of February. Five fan favorites will be selected in March, and be