Alice Gerrard's autobiography, Custom Made Woman, is now available from the University of North Carolina Press. For more than five decades, this bluegrass, folk, and old time trailblazer has expanded the definition of traditional music, starting in the 1960s alongside fellow
From Soundbiscuit Records comes The Lamb, The Lion, and The King, a new gospel bluegrass single from New River Bluegrass. The song was written by Gerald Crabb and had been recorded previously by The Crabb Family and Bill & Gloria Gaither.
Huss & Dalton have just introduced a new line of their handcrafted, solid-wood guitars, made in their shop in Staunton, VA. The Valley series, named for the beautiful Shenandoah Valley where they live, is designed as less costly than their top-of-the-line
The power of the social media influencer is making its mark on our music. Eva Trout, better known online as Lady Moon or Lady Moon Cries, has been popular on the socials for some time, performing Celtic music and her own
Chris Davis has announced the addition of Mason Crone playing banjo with his new band. Davis is launching a full time solo career in the wake of Joe Mullins' retirement from active touring. Chris had been playing mandolin with Joe
Laurie Lewis, long-time doyenne of the west coast bluegrass scene, has a new album on the way with her touring band, The Right Hands. O California is set for release early next year, with a mix of Lewis' originals and
Here's a Christmas entry for Rrinaco, the side project with the weird name which is actually the music of Corrina Rose Logston Stephens that doesn't fit the traditional bluegrass vibe of High Fidelity, her primary performance vehicle. Her offering for 2025
While Special Consensus was recording their 50th anniversary album, Been All Around This World, for Compass Records earlier this year, they invited Emmy-winning video director Joseph Spence to join them and capture footage for posterity. He interviewed the current band
Share America President Randall Franks (right) and organization benefactor Tim Witt (left) present Derek Stone with his Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship designee certificate Derek Stone, 15-year-old banjo player from Chattanooga, TN, has been announced as the recipient of the 2025
For their latest Pinecastle Records single, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have tapped bass played Kevin Lamm to sing the lead vocal. It's their version of Molly Rose, written by veteran Virginia banjo man Lynwood Lunsford. The song has become a
