• Mac Wiseman to be inducted into NCAMAI HOF

    This Saturday (3/12) in Pigeon Forge, TN, the North American Country Music Association International will host its 2016 Hall of Fame Show at the Country Tonite Theater. Among the artists being inducted into the NCAMAI Hall of Fame this year is

  • Congratulations Lachie and Jade!

    Oops. We missed another bluegrass wedding last month. Lachlan Davidson and Jade Bentley were married on February 12 in the town of Avenel in Victoria, about an hour north of Melbourne in southeastern Australia. Lachlan (Lachie to friends) is the mandolin and fiddle playing half

  • A look back at the rules of jamming

    I got so caught up with reading the fine points of the Hawaii exit polls (where I detected just a hint of pineapple in the voting trends), that I let my Wednesday morning deadline slip my mind entirely. Here, then,

  • New Josh Williams album this month

    Great news from Rounder Records. Their next project for Josh Williams, titled Modern Day Man, is due to hit on March 25. It's almost hard to believe given his youth, but this will be his fifth CD since Josh began recording as a

  • Larry Stephenson Band in the studio

    The Larry Stephenson Band is hard at work on their next album, tracking with Larry's co-producer Ben Surratt at Ben's Rec Room Studio in Nashville. This will be their third project for Larry's Whysper Dream Music label, a follow-up to their current record, Pull

  • Drusilla Adams Smith passes

    Drusilla Adams Smith passed away on December 13, 2015. Drusilla Adams is best known for her association with Blue Ridge Records. Although it was her father, Noah, who established the label it was Drusilla Smith’s interest in music and her drive

  • Living The Dream from The Spinney Brothers

    Mountain Fever Records has released the title track from their upcoming Spinney Brothers album, Living The Dream, as a first single. It's sentiment is one familiar to anyone who has to spend time away from loved ones at work, in this case

  • Introducing Unbridled Strings

    Here's a new bluegrass band that has sprung up from the fertile ground of East Tennessee, where folks know how our music is supposed to be played. Unbridled Strings is a quartet of experienced bluegrass pros from Georgia and Tennessee who have gotten