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
Stuart Duncan
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
Goat Rodeo Sessions on Leno
Another important release this week is Goat Rodeo Sessions, a superstar project from Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma which dropped yesterday (10/25) on Sony Masterworks. The group was featured on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night,
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Anytime you learn that Chris Thile is involved with a new project, you can expect it to be fun-filled and unbounded. Seeing Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan in the lineup suggests an interesting push/pull between the bluegrass, classical and new
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Anytime you learn that Chris Thile is involved with a new project, you can expect it to be fun-filled and unbounded. Seeing Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan in the lineup suggests an interesting push/pull between the bluegrass, classical and new
Suzy Bogguss – American Folk Songbook
It's a CD... It's a book... It's American Folk Songbook! Actually, it's all of those things, this new project from Suzy Bogguss. It finds this celebrated country hit-maker recording music much closer to the folk music she grew up singing, and
Tales From The Swamp
Florida banjo picker Scott Anderson has a new CD highlighting his very talented family. Oh... and some of the hottest pickers in bluegrass music! Tales From The Swamp has Scott out in front, primarily on banjo and lead vocals, on a
Dierks Bentley – Fiddlin’ Around
The first live performance of the evening, from Dierks Bentley and his assembled super-pickers. Photos by Roy Swann.
Leavin’ Tennesse – Butch Baldassari and Van Manakas
Leavin' Tennessee, the new CD from Butch Baldassari and Van Manakas which we mentioned last month, is now available online. In truth, it's much more of a Van Manakas than Butch Baldassari project. 12 of the 17 tracks are tunes he
Sierra Hull video in the studio
Well, it seems like the theme on Bluegrass Today of late is candid video shot in the recording studio. First we had The Infamous Stringdusters, Cadillac Sky and Blue Moon Rising, and now we feature footage from Sierra Hull. She spent


