• Rangers rock Roanoke

    This past Friday evening (10/19), The Steep Canyon Rangers played a show here in Roanoke, VA. I was familiar with their recordings, and caught a few brief sets at IBMA, but this was my first chance to see them live

  • Steep Canyon Rangers – Video Interview

    Yesterday John and I had the chance to sit down with the guys from Steep Canyon Rangers and conduct a short interview. We video taped it and I've uploaded here. The guys spend some time discussing this past year and how

  • More great new releases this week

    In addition to the new Charlie Sizemore CD we highlighted yesterday, there are several other notable bluegrass projects released on August 14 that are worthy of your attention. New from Rebel is Lovin' Pretty Women from The Steep Canyon Rangers. We

  • Listening Post: Lovin’ Pretty Women

    John recently posted about this CD by the Steep Canyon Rangers. The street date for Lovin' Pretty Women is set for August 14, 2007. The CD is being premiered for the next couple weeks on XM Radio (for details see John's

  • Lovin’ Pretty Women radio premiere

    Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. marks the official radio premiere of the new Rebel Records CD from The Steep Canyon Rangers on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. Host Kyle Cantrell will play each of the tracks from Lovin' Pretty Women,

  • Steep Canyon Rangers video bio

    The Steep Canyon Rangers have put together an 8 minute video bio to introduce themselves, and their upcoming Rebel release, Lovin' Pretty Women, to the YouTube audience. The video includes a live performance of the title track from the new

  • Steep Canyon Rangers CD release party

    The Steep Canyon Rangers will celebrate the imminent release of their new recording, titled Lovin' Pretty Women, this weekend in Ashville, NC. The band will be performing at The Grey Eagle in Ashville at 9 PM on Saturday the 19th. Joining

  • Steep Canyon Rangers on BluegrassCountry.org

    IBMA 2006 Emerging Artist of the Year, Steep Canyon Rangers, will be featured on BluegrassCountry.org this afternoon. If you live in the DC area you can listen in high def on WAMU 88.5 channel 3. If not, you can listen

  • After Party

    I assume, since our dedicated bloggers John and Brance worked so hard during the awards show that they didn't stick it out through the after party at the Gibson Bluegrass Showcase. And also I didn't see them there, so I'll

  • IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year for 2006

    Emerging Artist Of The Year Award for a group or individual, new to the national bluegrass scene, which has made considerable advances artistically and/or commercially during the eligibility period. The band or individual should be performing under its/his/her name on a