The Salty Dogs, a group of pre-teen bluegrass all-stars, brought down the house and delighted millions of television viewers on last night's edition of Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey. The hit show follows the tried-and-true formula of pairing cute
Florida's Gold Tone Music Group has introduced a new banjo model for old time banjo players, their OT-MH, a Marc Horowitz signature model. Marc is one of the most prolific performers and instructors in the northeastern US, a man who has
Dale Perry has been working in bluegrass since the late 1980s when he toured with Lonesome River Band on banjo. Over the next 30 years he has played bass with Doyle Lawson and Dale Ann Bradley, then banjo with Doyle
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music has announced the recipients of their 2017 grant requests. Each year since they formed in 2007, the Foundation has awarded cash grants to worthwhile organizations to assist in their efforts to further music education and
Today a new single drops from Ralph Stanley II, his first since assuming the mantle passed by his late father as the new leader of the famed Clinch Mountain Boys. It's a heavy load to carry, the heir of the
For this week's Flashback Friday the guys have shared a live music video for Two Rivers, another track from their upcoming Pinecastle debut album, Foxhounds and Fiddles. It's a tender ballad written by guitarist/vocalist Richard Bennett with Shawn Lane, showing
Cindy Baucom's Knee Deep In Bluegrass radio program is well on its way to television, with production now underway for her new broadcast showcasing bluegrass music videos. The first 14 episodes have been shot and are now being edited for
Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of the True Grass band from Burnsville, NC to their label. The band has been performing together regionally since the mid-1990s in western North Carolina and east Tennessee. Their style favors contemporary and traditional
Let's talk a bit about another banjo icon, someone who touched the lives of thousands of banjo players over a long career, but without the widespread attention that has come to someone like Béla Fleck, whom we discussed earlier this
The New York Times hooked up yesterday with banjo hero Béla Fleck for a live, 45-minute interview/performance which they streamed in real time online. He was joined in a tiny studio by Jon Pareles, the paper's chief pop music critic, and
