Mike Barnett

Sometimes the challenge to share music involves more than common up with the right words and melodies. For Mike Barnett, the obstacles were such that they very nearly ended his career, a career that includes a Grammy nod for his

Compass Records has released a first single from their upcoming duet project with Mike Barnett, simply titled +1. It boasts a baker's dozen tracks, each featuring Barnett, fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, alongside fellow virtuosi in the acoustic string

Family and friends of Mike Barnett, fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, have established a medical fund to assist him with expenses related to therapy and rehab following his suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last month. Not yet a household name

Ever since we first heard music from Mike Barnett in 2014, it was clear that this young fiddler, vocalist, and songwriter would do big things in this industry. His first album for Compass that year, One Song Romance, demonstrated his

Although ostensibly an example of fiddle finesse — and a lavish one at that — Mike Barnett’s Portraits In Fiddles is more akin to a well organzied superstar jam, with notables such as Divid Grisman, Tim O’Brien, Bryan Sutton, Michael

Mike Barnett was already a well-regarded musician before accepting the fiddle gig recently with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. His first album was released while he was just 14, and while attending the Berklee College of Music he was invited

Jake Jolliff and Mike Barnett, a pair of northeastern bluegrass adventurers, have released a video of their modern reharmonization of Bill Monroe's Wheel Hoss. The leave the basic chord structure intact but take some major liberties with the melody. It's a

Last weekend, GuitartownCT Productions held their Tony Rice benefit at the Unitarian Hall in Hamden, CT. A bevy of top northeastern bluegrass talent performed to help raise money to support Tony financially while he works to reclaim his voice, and receive treatment for