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The latest album from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - and the first featuring the veteran band leader's new bunch of pickers and singers - is due for release March 30 on Horizon Records. Help Is On The Way was recorded over December '07 and January '08 with Darren Beachly on guitar/vocals, Joey Cox on banjo, [...]
Cross-genre and cross-cultural banjo icon Béla Fleck journeyed through several African nations last year in an effort to learn more about the music and people from whence the banjo originated. He visited Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali and met and performed with many African musicians along the way. An album is planned for the future [...]
Blue Highway will join host Kyle Cantrell on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction for a track-by-track rundown of their new release, Through the Window of a Train. Kyle will be playing all the selections from the new CD, interspersed with discussions with the members of the band. All of the songs were written within the [...]
Dobro-meister and celebrated vocalist Randy Kohrs will be a featured guest on this Friday's (2/22) edition of The Rachel Ray Show. No, he isn't there to perform his latest single or even to plug an upcoming appearance with his band, The Lites. Randy is visiting this popular syndicated daytime talk show to talk about his [...]
No Depression, a bi-monthly magazine that covers a wide range of Americana and roots music, will cease publication of its print edition after the next (May/June) issue is delivered to subscribers. They will continue to publish online, with expansion of their web efforts continuing apace. The publishers note a 64% drop in ad revenue over [...]
There is a lengthy interview with John Cowan available online, published by the folks at The ProgFiles - a site dedicated to reviewing progressive music of all genres. John talks about his initial entry into the world of alt-grass back in the 1970s when he first joined New Grass Revival... "I had actually heard them [...]
I caught up with Lonesome River Band banjo picker Sammy Shelor today, and he filled me in on their next CD. Sam said that they have finished recording (14 tracks) and he will start mixing later this week. 13 tracks are vocals, with one banjo instrumental, and Sammy said that it is strong, in your [...]
When a 16 year old bluegrass prodigy enlists some of the biggest names in the business to help record her debut project for a major independent label, it's fair to presume that we are looking at something special. Such is the case with Sierra Hull, whose upcoming project is already generating some serious buzz in [...]
As they have done several times in the past, The Infamous Stringdusters have made a number of live tracks available for free download from their MySpace page. The five songs were recorded at a show three weeks ago at Miami University in Hamilton, OH where the 'Dusters opened a concert featuring Uncle Earl. Anyone can [...]
That's how Katy Daly titled an email to us recently which included this photo of a young Carl Jackson jamming at the Bean Blossom festival in 1973. It was taken by her fellow show host on BluegrassCountry.org, Hubie King. Katy's show airs Monday-Friday from 7:00-10:00 a.m., and Hubie's (Old Time Jam) airs on Mondays at [...]
