Michael Cleveland

Fiddlers in the Louisville, KY area - or those willing to make the trek - will have the opportunity to study privately with Michael Cleveland next year. Jeff Guernsey's Conservatory of Music in Jeffersonville, IN (just across the river from Louisville),

Frank Wakefield spent a lot of time Saturday night telling people how lousy he is. “I’m the world’s worst mandolin player,” he told a full house in Garrett Park, Md. “If you don’t believe it, just ask me.” Later, after the

Every November and March, a couple thousand bluegrass fans from all across the continent flood the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH for one of the top indoor bluegrass festivals in the country: The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. The festival is

Here are more of Frank Baker's images from Gettysburg 2011, featuring photos he took during performances by Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. Frank also caught two sets from Rockin' Acoustic Circus, a mostly young band

Michael Cleveland has announced that Glenn Gibson will be taking up the trusty five string with Flamekeeper, filling the spot recently vacated by banjo picker Charlie Cushman. Glenn has been known more as a reso slide man of late, having worked

To honor the life and music of the great Kenny Baker, Matt Glaser organized a special tribute at the Grey Fox Festival earlier this month. Billed as the Kenny Baker Grey Fox Memorial Orchestra, it featured what appears to be nine

Charlie Cushman has left his position playing banjo with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper to refocus attention on his banjo set up business, and stay a little closer to home. His last show with the band was this past Thursday. In a

If you missed Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper earlier this week on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, here's some video from their DC visit with Katy Daley. It showcases new members Charlie Lawson on guitar, Ashby Frank on mandolin and Blake Bowen on

Russ Carson is the full-time banjo player with Audie Blaylock and Redline, who has released his debut solo project, Last Chance, on Patuxent Records. It features Russ along with a red-hot rhythm section - and several terrific vocalists - on

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper will be on WAMU's Bluegrass Country Tuesday morning (7/19) at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) with Katy Daley. Michael will take this opportunity to introduce his newest band mates, and the guys will pick a few live in