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
Stuart Duncan
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Vince Gill Bluegrass Band in Richmond
Richmond,VA photographer, and banjo pick aficionado, Dean Hoffmeyer captured a few images from Vince Gill's 2012 bluegrass tour when they stopped at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond last night. Joining Vince were Jim Mills on banjo, Stuart Duncan on
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Goat Rodeo on PBS available online
If you missed the live Goat Rodeo Sessions concert that was broadcast on PBS May 25 - or if you would like to see it again - the video is now available online. The show was recorded live at the House
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Goat Rodeo from House of Blues on PBS
Regular readers may recall us posting back in January about acoustic supergroup Goat Rodeo Sessions doing a live concert simulcast to movie theaters across the US. The event was streamed from the House of Blues in Boston on January 31, and
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Vince Gill going bluegrass again this summer
Vince Gill will once again be embarking on an acoustic bluegrass tour this summer, with an all-star cast in tow. Starting in mid-June, Gill has shows scheduled throughout the southern and central US with Jim Mills on banjo, Stuart Duncan on
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The Goat Rodeo Rides Again!
One of the most talked about recording projects of 2011 was the combining of acoustic greats Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, and Edgar Meyer for their Goat Rodeo Sessions. It’s not straight bluegrass, but it’s not straight anything else
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Album of the Week #11 – The Nashville Bluegrass Band’s The Boys Are Back In Town
It has long been a practice in bluegrass music to give country songs a grassy feel. One band who did this as well as anyone had the privilege of seeing one of their original tunes on the receiving end of
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Goat Rodeo Sessions live at a theater near you
Goat Rodeo Sessions, a stunning joint project from Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer, will be coming to a theater near you - via Fathom Events and the magic of simultaneous broadcast. A live show on Tuesday, January
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Photos from Bill Monroe tribute on PHC
Kathy Chiavola has posted a number of candid photos from this past Saturday's Bill Monroe tribute broadcast on A Prairie Home Companion. The show featured a number of stellar bluegrass artists, most of them former Blue Grass Boys. Kathy was on
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Goat Rodeo does Colbert
Last night's (11/1) edition of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central included a web-only performance from the Men of the Goat Rodeo: Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan. This quartet has recently released a new album of regional