Travianna Records has released a debut single from Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes, an acoustic Americana act from Asheville, NC. It's a fast-moving bluegrass number Eisenman wrote called Livewire, a road story about the frenetic life of a traveling musician. Aubrey sings
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves have released a live performance video for the opening track from their upcoming eponymous banjo/fiddle duet project. Both women have built solid reputations in the old time music community, and have performed together in the
David Parmley, fearless leader of David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition, and former lead singer of The Bluegrass Cardinals, suffered a heart attack on Friday evening following their show at the Sheperdsville Music Barn in Sheperdsville, KY. According to his wife, Beckie,
The Lil Smokies have released another single in their SnowGhost series of grassed up covers, this time taking on perhaps the most commercially successful rock band of the 20th century, Led Zeppelin. Going To California first appeared on the 1971 project,
Another important anniversary is being celebrated this week in South Carolina by the Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM). This is their 10th year teaching traditional Appalachian music to school children, and tomorrow is the annual festival that supports their work, the
The Midwest Banjo Camp, held on the campus of Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan will host their 15th annual event this June 6-9. A variety of instructional tracks are available, which include both old time and bluegrass banjo, plus 19th century
Chosen Road has released a new single this week, the first from their upcoming Poor Mountain Records album, Appalachian Worship, expected later this year. The single is part of a collaboration project between the band and The North American Mission Board, an
When Po' Ramblin' Boys were out in California last year for the Huck Finn Fest, they performed a short set for the Jam In The Van folks. JITV travels all over the US in a specially-retrofitted recreational vehicle, set up as
Asheville, NC's Unspoken Tradition has two new members of the family to welcome this week. First off, Sav Sankaran has joined the band on bass, taking the spot of founding member Lee Shuford. As the band has found its schedule ramping up,
Mountain Fever Records has released a second single for their upcoming Gospel album with Alan Bibey & Grasstowne. This time it's a new song in the old time way, reminiscent of the sacred numbers Flatt & Scruggs always made a part
