Here's video of last night's performance of When You Get To Asheville on The Late Show by Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, The Steep Canyon Rangers, and members of the CBS Orchestra. The song is the opening track from Steve and Edie's
Steep Canyon Rangers
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Rangers in Woodstock working on their next CD
Fresh off their success at the Grammy Awards, Steep Canyon Rangers are in Woodstock, NY recording the follow-up to their Grammy-winning album, Nobody Knows You. The guys are at Levon Helm Studios, the iconic wooden barn noted for its live sound,
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Whatever Floats Your Boat, Mountain Song at Sea Had it All
Mountain Song at Sea, the largest-ever bluegrass festival to ply the oceans, has sailed into the sunset, but not without leaving its mark on the 2000+ bluegrass lovers and artists who came together aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky February
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And the Bluegrass Grammy for 2013 goes to…
Congratulations to Steep Canyon Rangers, whose Nobody Knows You album was just announced as the winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for the Best Bluegrass Album. The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan) was awarded
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Bon Voyage! Mountain Song at Sea sets sail
All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at
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Steve & Edie ride again
Not that Steve & Eydie... We're talking Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It's a safe assumption that our readers are well familiar with Steve Martin, both from his star turns in comedy and film, and his new-found career as a performing/recording
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PopMatters – Best of Bluegrass 2012
It’s that time of year again, where pundits assess various aspects of the past 12 months. One of the first to do so and publish their list of favourites is PopMatters, the international magazine of cultural criticism. PopMatters’ bluegrass Top Ten listing
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55th Grammy Award nominees announced
The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards in a Nashville ceremony last night. While the rest of the world gushes over Jay-Z, The Black Keys and Kanye West, we'll save our praise for the all important
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Mountain Song Festival shares the wealth
We just heard from Graham Sharp of Steep Canyon Rangers, who had some great news to share about their Mountain Song Festival earlier this month. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County in western
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Porchlight Sessions to premiere during World of Bluegrass
We had written previously about the The Porchlight Sessions, a documentary film project produced and directed by Anna Schwaber, that seeks to explain the music and the culture surrounding the bluegrass scene. More than two years in the making, the movie