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Experimental banjoist Jake Schepps and his Expedition Quartet are featured in a new edition of Tiny Desk Concerts at NPR.org. They perform music from their recent album, An Evening In The Village, which includes new arrangements of the music of Béla

Having recorded and toured together since 1975, the North Carolina-based band The Crowe Brothers have released several projects in many band configurations, including albums with Raymond Fairchild and David McLaughlin. However, their latest effort, Bridging The Gap, which sits somewhere

Another Steep Canyon Rangers concert is set for a live cybercast this weekend, this time from the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, NC. The band's show on Friday (1/20) will be offered online via live streaming by Gigstream, an outfit that specializes

We posted once before about Nightflyer, a new band recently formed by Rick Hayes, who spent many years as the mandolinist with The Gibson Brothers. Hayes, along with Richard Propps on guitar, Tim Jackson on dobro, Ronnie Stewart (not this one)

Brother/sister duet partners The Roys have just released a music video for Trailblazer, one of the songs from their 2011 Rural Rhythm release, Lonesome Whistle. The track is also being released as a single to radio. It showcases Elaine Roy as

Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. In my teens and early twenties I regularly entered banjo contests, primarily as a money-making proposition, and did quite well, winning or placing in the money

In order to write and perform music featuring Appalachian subjects, one does not have to have a rural heritage, as proven by the members of Massachusetts-based band Three Tall Pines. Their latest release, All That’s Left, relies heavily on images

Like any good student, Bryan McDowell worked hard on his lessons before Monday’s big test. And like many of the best and brightest, as soon as it was over he lamented that he should have done better. “I studied hard, but

Eric Gibson calls Too Blue’s work “music for grown-ups,” and it’s easy to see why on the New York band’s second CD, Trouble With The Grey. This is part jazz – think big-band swing and the Andrews Sisters – part Patsy

Nonesuch has released a video preview for the first single from the upcoming Punch Brothers project. The new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, is set for release February 14 on both CD and vinyl LP, with a variety of pre-order specials