David Grisman's Acoustic Disc label has just released a truly historic recording of Tony and Wyatt Rice in their first duo performance in 1996. Entitled Tony & Wyatt Rice Together!, it captures these two brilliant flatpicking brothers from two consecutive
Mountain Fever Records has announced a digital reissue of an historically important album that never made it to download and streaming before today. It's The Music was initially released by reso master Frank Poindexter with The Rice Brothers on CD in
For several months we have trying to pin down Nik Monnin, the man behind the new Apollo Picks, which have created quite a stir in the bluegrass and acoustic music world. But Nik is a busy guy, not only doing
Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have
The good folks at the Mountains Of Music Homecoming who bring 9 days of music, culture, and culinary events to southwestern Virginia each June, have begun to publish short interviews with the various personalities associated with these ventures. They have
I’m usually excited to see new groupings of my favorite musicians, if just for the chance to hear what artists who normally don’t play together sound like when they do. The Rice-Menzone Alliance, a new duo from Mountain Fever’s ever-growing
Wyatt Rice has been working as a professional musician since he joined older brother Tony's band in the late 1970s. He's a master of what has come to be known as the "Rice style" of lead and rhythm guitar, as one
Bull Harman & Bull's Eye have announced some new members. The St. Louis-based band has brought Alex Rifle in to play banjo, Allan Sterling on reso-guitar, and Harman's son Wyatt has taken over his mom, Tammy's, bass role. Bull remains on
When banjo players release solo albums, they often choose to showcase their skill and speed with a selection of instrumental tracks. They tear into Scruggs tunes, offer unique originals, and perhaps throw in some more progressive tracks for good measure.
Two of today's most noted practitioners of the Tony Rice guitar style are teaming up for selected tour dates next year and beyond. Wyatt Rice is Tony's brother, who learned at the master's knee and has served as his rhythm
