Skip to content
Carol Beaugard welcomes The Freight Hoppers as her guest today on Lonesome Pine RFD. This exciting old time group is back together after disbanding in 2002 and will perform live on Carol's show from 11:00 a.m. until noon today (4/18). Original members Frank Lee (banjo) and David Bass (fiddle) have recruited Thomas Bailey (guitar) and [...]
Bradley Walker will be the guest on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. Bradley and his band (David Babb - bass, Dustin Benson - guitar, Jenny Gardner - mandolin, Patton Wages - guitar) will join host Kyle Cantrell for an hour of discussion and live music starting this morning [...]
If you've not heard The Carolina Chocolate Drops, the young black string band specializing in the piedmont style of old time music, check them out today (3/17) on WDVX's Blue Plate Special. The show airs at noon (ET) on WDVX, broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Knoxville, TN - and via live streaming online.
The Dixie Bee-Liners are understandably excited to see this week's release of RIPE, their debut project on Pinecastle. The band is the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Brandi Hart and mandolinist Buddy Woodward who got the band started in New York. After completing an all-original short form CD, they moved to southwestern Virginia to pursue the music [...]
That's the title of a clever and revealing post published yesterday on the Punch Brothers blog. The concept is a "fun facts" sort of thing, providing both musical and personal insights that relate to their recent CD, Punch, and its centerpiece, the lengthy, four movement Chris Thile composition, The Blind Leaving The Blind. 2. The [...]
In this second installment of our interview series regarding bluegrass music sales, we look at how sales of digital music online are trending in our slice of the recorded music world. Once again, we spoke with Dave Freeman of Rebel Records, Ken Irwin of Rounder Records, Sam Passamano of Rural Rhythm Records and Tom Riggs [...]
Pete Frostic, mandolinist with Old School Freight Train, has published an instructional book that he feels will benefit students of the mandolin at any level. Mandolin Technique and Theory For All Levels is an 80 page spiral bound book written in both tablature and standard notation. It includes an audio CD that contains recordings of [...]
Rounder has put together an online video bio to introduce young mandolin sensation Sierra Hull in preparation for the upcoming release of her debut CD, Secrets, on May 6. The video mixes interview segments with both Sierra and co-producer Ron Block, with photos, video clips and audio from the new CD. If you are not [...]
Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest last week to see Tony Rice with Mountain Heart Heart in Bristol, TN on Saturday (4/12). Our winners were: Joel Marley - Morganton, NC Jason Davis - Rose Hill, VA Tim Carter - Limestone, TN Paige Clifton - Lowgap, NC Don Burton - Kingsport, TN We heard [...]
The proposed merger between Gibson Guitar and TC Group which was announced in January '08 has been shelved. The two companies issued a joint press release late last week. Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology and TC Group, an international leader in sound processing, amplification, computer recording and [...]
