The newest star on the bluegrass horizon is a 3 year old fiddler named Bodie Frankhouser. He's the son of Ryan Frankhouser, guitarist and bandleader for Remington Ryde based in Pennsylvania. Young Bodie comes by his bluegrass fascination naturally, having traveled
In addition to our new Grasicanna chart added last week, Bluegrass Today has also launched a Weekly Gospel Airplay Chart alongside our longstanding weekly and monthly bluegrass airplay charts. The Gospel chart will measure radio play for newly-released bluegrass Gospel projects
Last week during the semester-end concert at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Bobby Osborne appeared with staff instructor Scott Napier and student Lauren Price presented a triple mandolin version of Jingle Bells, done bluegrass style. The school is located
Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of ClayBank to the label. The young North Carolina band will produce an album for them in 2018. ClayBank has experienced a meteoric rise in the past year and a half, largely based on
This video is for all our readers who think that the old mountain sound has gone out of bluegrass music. Alex Leach is the banjo player and harmony vocalist with Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys. He is as
D'Addario is introducing two new products in their Ned Steinberger accessory line that should be of interest to bluegrass guitarists, both to be unveiled at the January NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. First up is a Cradle Capo of the sort
Why are we not surprised that Steve Martin has released a hilarious music video for Strangest Christmas Yet, one of the tracks from his current project with Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album. It tells the story of a gaggle
Over the years, bluegrass fans have developed expectations of what to expect from a banjo album, and likewise with a singer/songwriter project. The one is likely filled with rip-roaring instrumentals, and the other a collection of songs from a single,
Bluegrass has long supported talented teen musicians, usually in the family band format. There is something comforting and appealing about seeing mom, dad, and the kids out on stage, often in matching outfits, playing and singing together. Plus you feel
The North Carolina Arts Council will honor two of the state's most prolific traditional string musicians when the 2018 North Carolina Heritage Awards are handed out in May. These honors are awarded annually to artists, performers, instructors, and crafters who
