We've posted previously about Concert Window, the Boston-based live concert streaming service that makes club and theater performances available worldwide via online video. The company was founded by a pair of Beantown musical entrepreneurs, with a passion for alternative entertainment and
A nice article on Ralph Stanley serves as the cover feature on this week's edition of American Profile, a print publication distributed in many US markets via newspaper insert. Writer Richard McVey visited with Dr. Ralph at last year's Jerusalem Ridge
We heard the other day from Arhoolie Records, with word of a new band in California. Loafer's Glory features noted west coast pickers Herb Pedersen on guitar, Bill Bryson on bass, Tom Sauber on fiddle, and Patrick Sauber on banjo. A self-titled album
Jamgrass guitar hero Larry Keel has released a new CD, Classic, with his touring band, Natural Bridge. Joining Larry is wife Jenny Keel on bass, Mark Schimick on mandolin and Will Lee on banjo. Of the 12 tracks, 9 come from
The International Bluegrass Music Museum has acquired a pair of rare photos of Pendleton Vandiver, Bill Monroe's legendary Uncle Pen, whose fiddle playing was famously remembered in the Monroe song by that name. Big Mon was quoted frequently as saying that
IIIrd Tyme Out rolled their big red bus into Galax, VA last week to shoot a music video for Pretty Little Girl From Galax, a song from, Prime Tyme, their current Rural Rhythm release that spent many weeks on our
Travers Chandler has announced the addition of two new members to his band, Avery County. John Bryan has joined the group playing guitar and singing high lead, as has banjo player Tom Isaacs, who will also contribute some fiddle. Chandler, who makes
Big doin's on the radio tomorrow (3/21) for bluegrass lovers. Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. marks the official premier of the highly-anticipated sophomore release from The Boxcars, All In, on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction. All five members of the band sat recently
If you enjoy programming on public radio or television in the US, you will have noticed that both are currently in the middle of their annual campaign to attract donations from viewers. Well... at least the TV side is. Public radio
James Alan Shelton, stalwart guitarist with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, has re-released a pair of his earlier instrumental Copper Creek albums on a single CD. Both Road To Coeburn (1997) and Guitar Tracks (2000) offer straight ahead bluegrass
