Mountain Fever Records has released another single from Amanda Cook, the second this year from her upcoming Narrowing The Gap project. This one is one written by band members Carolyne VanLierop and Troy Boone, who handle banjo and mandolin respectively in the
Last night Billy Strings was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC television. Everyone's favorite head banging grasser contributed two songs on the show, a socially-distanced home recording of Watch It Fall, and a live version of Taking Water
Rising country/bluegrass artist Mo Pitney and his wife, Emily, formerly of The Bankesters, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Audra Elaine Pitney was born on July 14 at Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville, arriving at 9:30 p.m., weighing in at
A pall has fallen over the bluegrass and acoustic music community its in Boston over the news that the Cantab Lounge, the region's home for bluegrass shows and jams for many years, is to be sold. The popular night spot, located
UPDATE 8/14 - Owing to technical difficulties during the July 25 live stream, Brandon Lee Adams and beyerdynamic are teaming up again on August 29 to demonstrate Adams' fine singing, playing, and songwriting, plus the effectiveness of the beyerdynamics microphones
There is likely no more common topic of discussion in bluegrass circles than Doyle Lawson's latest band. In his more than 40 years as a bandleader - and headliner - Doyle has reformed his touring group more times than he'd
A lot of folks are wondering how the IBMA will host their major World of Bluegrass events this year, since COVID-19 restrictions have made assembling in Raleigh at the end of September impossible. They intend to go ahead with all
Those of us who appreciate Appalachian-inspired roots music probably already understand how the dance tunes of the region developed. Through the melding of the folk traditions from the various peoples who settled there during the 18th and 19th centuries, a
Like all of us in the music business, bluegrass singer and songwriter LaTresa Smith has felt the impact of the shutdown. She has also felt it in her personal life, as we all have as well. So in the spirit of
Here's an interesting story about how a chance meeting at World of Bluegrass 2017 put two experienced bluegrass songwriters onto a co-writing opportunity, that is coming full circle at the 2020 virtual event. Mike Finders and Aaron Bibelhauser saw their co-written
