• BluegrassFM Connects Veterans Day & Bluegrass

    Bluegrass FM 89.5 Fredericksburg, VA and 91.7 Lynchburg, VA broadcast a five and a half minute Veterans Day feature with Master Chief Musician and unit leader Wayne Taylor of the U.S. Navy Band's "Country Current" country-bluegrass group during its morning

  • Round 4 success for Bluegrassers on NGAB

    This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. They made it! Both Cliff Wagner and the Old #7

  • MasterShield Records Announces 3 New Releases

    MasterShield Records announces 3 new project releases in the last three months. The Muellers , a young eight piece family band from Maine, has a new release called, Branching Out . It contains mostly traditional tunes with some wonderful harmonies

  • jobeel

    I'm 55 now and recall the days when my kin all got together to play auto harps, acordians, guitars, dulcimars and banjos. nothing was electric. sure had a fine sound

  • Next Great American Band ‚Äì Round 3

    This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. I'm happy to report that both bluegrass representatives made it

  • Earl Brothers’ Singer Leaves The Band

    John McKelvy, founding member of The Earl Brothers and the haunting high lonesome tenor voice on such songs as "Cluck Ol' Hen," "O Poor Betty," "Rattlesnake Poison," and many others, has announced his departure from the pioneering "hillbilly-goth" group. McKelvy broke

  • Crooked Still Runs Dry

    The departure of Rushad Eggleston from Crooked Still is a musical tragedy. Sure, Aoife O'Donovan could be the next Alison Krauss and Dr. Liszt is so good he was chosen by The Boss over nine-thousand other banjo players for

  • Pete Wernick & FLEXIGRASS New Blue Train Video!

    Pete Wernick & FLEXIGRASS have been getting rave reviews of their brand new CD, What The (Niwot Records). This inspired combination takes its ingredients from the best of bluegrass, swing and modern jazz. Pete's clear ringing banjo rolls, set over