• Wyatt Rice workshop at Fur Peace

    After the success of last year's bluegrass rhythm guitar workshop with Wyatt Rice, a second has been scheduled for next weekend (November 7-9) at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch in southeastern Ohio. When we spoke with Wyatt recently, he mentioned that

  • Bluegrass youth at IBMA

    Last night (9/29), Brance and I ventured out to the late night IBMA showcases and watched a number of exciting young performers. We saw Farewell Drifters, Dominic Leslie and Josh Williams, and spoke at some length with Joe Dean, the

  • Greg Blaylock joins Josh Williams Band

    A recent post on JoshWilliamsMusic.com lists Greg Blaylock as the newest member of the band. Blaylock is a young resophonic guitar player I got in touch with Josh as asked him about Greg. He tells me Greg joined the band

  • Josh Williams signs with Roe Entertainment

    The Josh Williams Band has signed with booking agency, Roe Entertainment. Roe will now be handling all booking contacts for the band. Josh tells me he's happy with the band he's put together, and he's looking forward to letting people hear

  • Josh Williams & Jennifer Harper to wed

    We just received word that Josh Williams has announced his engagement to Jennifer Harper. The two are scheduled to be married later this month, July 26, 2008, in Burns, TN where the couple plans to live. Here's the text of the engagement

  • 1st Annual FarmFest – All-Star Jam

    Festival season has officially begun and this last weekend saw bluegrass fans from all over converging on Farmington, NC for the 1st Annual FarmFest at Farmington Dragway. Festival organizers tell me the event was a success and plans are already underway

  • Tom T. on Josh Williams

    Josh Williams unveiled his new band last Saturday at The Station Inn in Nashville. It was their first public performance, and a good many of Nashville's bluegrass folks were on hand. Among them was veteran songwriter and bluegrass entrepreneur Tom T.

  • Josh Williams on the road

    Recently we told you about the announcement of the Josh Williams Band. Josh has since let us know some more specifics of his plans for the 2008 festival season. For the next two weekends, Josh will be performing with the Alecia

  • Shindig in Bristol

    Our Grasstowne buddies, Alan Bibey and Phil Leadbetter, both contacted us earlier this week mentioning the big doin's in Bristol, TN on Saturday (1/26). It's the 3rd annual Pickin' at the Paramount all star show where top bluegrass artists get together