The Kitchen Dwellers are an interesting band to consider, from a bluegrass perspective. They exist within the typical four-piece bluegrass format - guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass - but use the instruments to record and perform music that would never be welcomed
Another new music video is available this week, this time from Tennessee's mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis, with a tune from his upcoming album, Happy Valley. In fact, it's the title track, one Wyatt wrote at 12 years old, like all of
The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, held each summer in Goshen, CT, is accepting entries for the 2024 edition of their annual Songwriter's Contest. An entry fee of $25 puts writers in the running for a $200 first prize, $100 second place
Sweden's New Valley String Band got together in much the same manner as musicians do anywhere in the world. It's three members, Adam Bülow on fiddle, Michael Nyberg on guitar, and Lukas Lindberg on banjo, met and started playing together
Quigg Lawrence is an odd kind of bluegrass artist and producer. A Bishop Suffragan in the Anglican Church in North America, he records specifically to enhance the musical careers of young bluegrass artists he has met, and has formed a
Jim Rae, a former research scientist and faculty member at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, who contributed mightily to the groundwork and experimentation that led to the Truetone line offered by Huber Banjos, died on Christmas day. He was 83
It's almost New Year's Eve, everyone. Got your champagne, and your black eyed peas? Here's a New Year's contribution from our friends in Bangkok, Bluegrass Underground Thailand, with an internationally-created video arrangement of Auld Lang Syne. The group hosts a weekly
British Columbia grassers Under The Rocks also have their next album set for release early in the new year, with a single for the title track this month to introduce people to the sound. Their subtle, low key delivery brings
The Bicentennial Bluegrass Band, aka, The Keith Unit, Paris, France 1977 (Tony Rice, Bill Amatneek,Bill Keith, David Grisman, Darol Anger) - photo © Patrick Ciocca Noted west coast bass player and bluegrass chronicler Bill Amatneek has made one of the vignettes
Since signing Nashville bluegrass artist Tony Wray to the label, Pinecastle Records has given him tremendous creative freedom. He oversaw an album of grassed up versions of classic Disney songs, and another of acoustic takes on childrens' favorites. Tony has worked
