IIIrd Tyme Out…standing in their field

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are in Nashville today, preparing to sing the National Anthem before tonight's SEC football season opener between Vanderbilt and South Carolina The game will be broadcast on ESPN, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. (EDT). A special performance for patients and family at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at [...]

Claire Lynch to Compass

Compass Records has announced that Claire Lynch has signed a multi-album with the label, continuing their push to add more bluegrass-related acts to the roster. Other recent signees include The Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, Larry Stephenson and Special Consensus. Claire and her talented band will be heading into the Compass studio in Nashville this [...]

Blue Highway at The Ark

This brief report and photo gallery of Blue Highway's appearance last week at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI is a contribution from Bill Warren. Bill is a Michigander who follows bluegrass and posts concert photos at candixpix.info. Blue Highway graced the stage of the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan Sunday evening for the first time [...]

Making History with Pioneers of Bluegrass

Wouldn't it be fun to sit down with a few first or second generation bluegrass artists, and listen to their stories of the old days? I've been fortunate to have a few opportunities to do so, and I never miss a chance. For many of us, especially young fans and students of the music, these legends [...]

They’re Playing My Song from The Radio Ramblers

Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have been steadily winning accolades for their records and powerful live performances since banjoist, band leader and tenor vocalist Mullins returned with the band to active touring in 2008, a profession he had laid down more than a dozen years earlier. In the 1990s, Joe had founded The Traditional [...]

Pardon Me – Travers Chandler & Avery County

Many of today’s bluegrass musicians are interested in stretching the boundaries of their genre, mixing in elements from other styles of music and creating progressive sounds. Others prefer to reflect on the music of those who have come before them, reinvigorating a tradition that is over half a century long. Travers Chandler is in the [...]

Grascals Road To Surrender video

The Grascals have released a new video for Road To Surrender from their current Mountain Home album, Life Finds A Way. It's an interesting sort of hybrid, combining studio and live footage of the song, which was written by Grascals guitarist Jamie Johnson. You can keep up with the band at www.grascals.com.

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