Nashville's Dark Shadow Recording has announced the newest artist to join their label roster. It's Man About A Horse, a contemporary bluegrass act from the Philadelphia region. Like other young grassers from an urban background, their songs reflect influences from the
Nu-Blu has released a new DVD, The Stories We Can Tell, which combines interviews with band principals, Daniel and Carolyn Routh, with a number of their recent music videos. The project is offered in either a DVD format, or as a
Maggie Rainwater, the new owner of HoosierDevil, has announced a new collaboration with the Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ Festival in Floyd, VA. The festival, hosting its 9th event this May, brings huge crowds of bluegrass lovers into the tiny community
Braeden Paul came to bluegrass in the most traditional way possible. The young mandolinist and vocalist learned the music from his father and grandfather as a youngster growing up in Baton Rouge, LA. His attention was drawn most especially to
The KOA Kampground in Myrtle Beach, SC will be the site for this year's inaugural Sea Mountain Fiddlers Convention and Bluegrass Festival in May. The Rivertown Bluegrasss Society in Conway is the sponsor of the festival, which is being billed as
Tony Deboer with his daughter, Cindy, and cruising the festival in his golf cart Special thanks to Ryan Frankhouser and Remington Ryde, who are finishing up a tour in Canada this week, for making us aware of a very special milestone
Most bluegrass fans are well familiar with Clay Hess. He's been a part of our world most of his adult life, joining up with Ricky Skaggs when Bryan Sutton left Kentucky Thunder in 1999, and then working with Mountain Heart
Pert Near Sandstone has launched a new podcast, Road To Blue Ox, to help promote and prepare people for their annual festival in their native Wisconsin. The alt-grass quintet hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival each June, inviting many of the
Here's another Power of the Internet story, and its brush with bluegrass music. By now we all know that a viral video can wrench anyone, anywhere from utter obscurity to online sensation in just a matter of days. A shy, self-effacing
With the technology we have today, students of bluegrass music have an embarrassing wealth of resources at their disposal as compared to those of us who tried to dissect the style a generation or two back. These days, many of
