• KET announces 2013 Jubilee schedule

    Kentucky Educational Television has released the schedule for the 2013 season of Jubilee, their live acoustic and bluegrass music program. This entire season is taken from performances shot during the 2012 Fan Fest in Nashville during the IBMA World of Bluegrass,

  • Russell Moore back in fighting trim

    Back in March we reported on the problems Russell Moore was having with laryngitis, and how he had brought Dustin Pyrtle in to help sing his parts with IIIrd Tyme Out. His doctor had put him on complete vocal rest

  • Brothers of the Highway video

    Rounder Records has released a second video tease from the upcoming Dailey & Vincent album, Brothers of the Highway. This time, we get a taste of the title track, along with a few glimpses of the guys behind the scenes.   Look for

  • Sneak peek from Darin & Brooke

    Crossroads Music and Darin & Brooke Aldridge have released a sneak peek video offering a taste of one of the tracks from their upcoming CD for Mountain Home. Here's Darin in the studio with Van Atkins as they mix the new

  • Steve, Edie and The Steeps on Letterman

    Here's video of last night's performance of When You Get To Asheville on The Late Show by Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, The Steep Canyon Rangers, and members of the CBS Orchestra. The song is the opening track from Steve and Edie's

  • German phrasebook for the touring musician

    Greetings from Prague, in the Czech Republic, where our European tour is starting this week. Before I go on to much less serious and important subjects, I want to acknowledge a big loss in bluegrass music, especially for northeastern bluegrass fans:

  • Steel Wheels Walkaway video

    The Steel Wheels have released a new album, No More Rain, and a live music video for the opening track, Tom Waits' Walkaway. Formed in and inspired by the music of Virginia's Blue Ridge, this quartet melds old time, blues and

  • Chris & the Night Riders head east

    I know... Chris Jones' band is the Night Drivers. I just couldn't resist joining in the fun after he's written so often about the many erroneous variations on his band name he's observed over the years. My favorite is his

  • David Carroll to Darrell Webb

    The Darrell Webb Band has announced a new acquisition. David Carroll is now the banjo picker with the band. David is well-known as a crackerjack on the five in his native southwestern Virginia, where he played for several years with The

  • Stevens Family – Down On The Farm

    The Stevens Family Bluegrass Band, from Berkeley Springs, WV, have a total of four CDs, but are especially excited now about their new single, Down On The Farm, produced by Don Rigsby. The song was written and sung by Sissy Stevens, who plays