Cory Piatt, the talented young mandolinist with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, has recently completed a solo project. Entitled Daydreams, the album will be released this summer by Patuxent Music. Piatt tells us that he has been working on finishing this
Also hitting today is the latest Rural Rhythm project from Audie Blaylock and Redline. Blaylock is featured on lead vocals and guitar, with Jessie Brock on mandolin, Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Russ Carson on banjo and Jason Moore on bass. Hard Country
David Grisman has released a new project featuring tracks he recorded with The Del McCoury Band in the 1990s. Del and Dawg - Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House includes 16 tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. The album is
West Virginia-based Lonesome Highway is in shock after learning that bass player, Cody Brown, and his girlfriend Anna Piel were seriously injured returning home early Sunday morning from band appearances over the weekend. According to banjo player John Arnold, Cody fell
The US National Endowment for the Arts has announced that legendary reso-guitarist Mike Auldridge and virtuosic multi-istrumentalist Andy Statman are among the 2012 recipients of a National Heritage Fellowship. This award is meant to recognize a lifetime achievement in folk
We had written a few times over the past two years about talented young fiddler, vocalist and songwriter Kate Lee, starting when she was still in high school where she grew up near Rochester, NY. Kate is a rising junior at
We received a note over the weekend from Buddy Woodward with Dixie Bee-Liners, with possibly the saddest news any picker can hear. Buddy's friend, and former Bee-Liner banjo man, Sam Morrow, had a number of instruments stolen from his home in
Nashville's Lightning 100 radio (WRTL) recorded this impromptu performance by Sarah Jarosz at Bonnaroo earlier this month. The video was captured by Brian Waters and Jared Rauso. Sarah ran through Come Around from her current album, Follow Me Down, joined by her
Some very encouraging news regarding Frank Wakefield and his recent surgery... He remains in the ICU, but is doing well after surgery and re-inflating his right lung. It is expected that Frank can be moved from intensive care in the next
Our latest poll asks Bluegrass Today readers which sort of bluegrass they enjoy most, and we hope you will take a few seconds to vote. The style distinctions are imperfect, and we purposely left out a response for "I like it
