Jason Carter

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

Dierks Bently has a new video from his heralded Up On The Ridge CD, which mixed some modern bluegrass in with his mainstream country sound. The new video is for the song Fiddlin' Around, the number he performed on the 2010

After losing bass player and vocalist Corey Hensley to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Jim and Valerie Gabehart have regrouped and are putting the finishing touches on a new project, It's My Turn, recorded at Steve Thomas' Gain Train Studios in

He's everywhere! As we mentioned yesterday, Dierks Bentley is popping up all across the media promoting his newly released CD, Up On The Ridge. Newspapers, radio, online... He has also made quite a few television appearances, bringing his bluegrass-themed music to a

We've posted several times recently about Up On The Ridge, the bluegrass/Americana-themed album from Dierks Bentley due June 8 on Capitol Records. It's an interesting record, with many moments of pure brilliance, and it could attract a lot of attention

The Travelin' McCourys will team up again to offer three days of instrumental bluegrass instruction prior to Delfest 2010 in Cumberland, MD. The band, more widely known as The Del McCoury Band minus Del, consists of Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Rob

Want to study bluegrass music with The Del McCoury Band? Well, that opportunity will be afforded to participants at the DelFest Academy, which debuts the week before the main festival this May in Cumberland, MD. Members of Del's band, along with

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock have a 10 day Canadian tour in the works for next month. Their first show is on April 20 in Ontario, where they will spend the largest part of their time in Canada. All