Volume Five

Would you rather hear an average rendition of a great song, or a stellar version of an average song? That's a though experiment I have rolled around in my brain for some time, mostly for fun. Ultimately, however, neither can

For far too long, Volume Five flew just under the radar when it came to top level praise. All they did was produce album after album of high quality music, that lit up bluegrass radio, but without the sort of

Donna Ulisse and Marc Rossi wrote the award-winning song I Am a Drifter when they got together for one of their regular song-writing sessions that, as Ulisse tells us, took place each Monday. On Thursday, September 28 last, I Am a

Back in January we wrote about the banjo tab book expected this spring from Patton Wages, five string man with Volume Five. He's since sent along a copy for us to look over, and it's a first rate publication that

Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, is producing a tablature book with all the solos and selected backup from their Drifter and Voices albums. The transcriptions were created by Russell Sawler, who has done tabs for numerous JD Crowe

Jacob Burleson has been announced as the new mandolinist with Volume Five. He will join the group effective January 28 when they perform at Everett’s Music Barn in Suwanee, GA. Jacob has been around bluegrass music all his life, growing up

During the World Of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh a few weeks back, Volume Five hooked up with North Carolina filmmaker and videographer Corey Smith to create a new video introduction to the band. Of course, if you follow bluegrass closely, you

Here is the final gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. We hope to get some more from him next week at this weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.

Over the past few years Volume Five has been quietly releasing some of the most consistently entertaining contemporary bluegrass you can find. I say quietly because they are rarely mentioned as among the top tier acts in our business, and they certainly

Laura Tate Photography was on hand for the 2016 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival over the weekend, and shared this gallery of images from Denton Farm Park. Thanks Laura!