A resolution to make John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads an official state song comes before the West Virginia legislature today. It is already the official song of West Virginia University, and today's resolution is expected to pass. To celebrate,
As the bluegrass genre grows to include more and more offshoots in the mind of the average consumer, traditionalists can be found grousing about the dilution of the art form, or the importance of maintaing definitions and categories. But while
Don't bring up religion or politics in polite company. That's what they always say. But Tennessee bluegrass singer/songwriter Mickey Boles is breaking both those rules in his new song, Music Politics. It examines the eternal question of who makes it in the
Having recorded a new solo project all by himself, and wanting to promote it with a performance music video, Chris Henry was faced with an interesting challenge. He couldn't do the typical band-out-in-field concept, since he had played all the instruments and
Chris Henry, Nashville multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town, has released a new solo project. Well, it's almost a solo project. He did play all the guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, and drums, wrote and sang all the songs, and engineered and produced it all
Friday night, January 11, was downright balmy in Music City when Yonder Mountain String Band rolled into town for the second stop of their winter tour. Near 70-degree temperatures lured fans out to Marathon Music Works for the venue’s first concert
Leftover Salmon is offering a free audio download of a two-set live show to help promote their upcoming tour across the western US in early 2013. Tickets for the February and March shows go on sale today to members of
A year or two back in Virginia, the renowned jam band Phish and a bluegrass festival shared a parking lot between venues. If you can imagine what the middle of the night, cross-pollinated jam sessions sounded like, you have a
We posted last week with news about In A Groove, the upcoming debut CD from Terry Baucom. It's hard to even comprehend describing a "debut" project for a 40 year veteran in the bluegrass music world. Terry got his start right
We have news today on upcoming projects from two of the most celebrated instrumentalists in contemporary bluegrass. First up is In A Groove, a solo record from Terry Baucom, his first such effort after more than 30 years as a bluegrass