Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from their upcoming album for The Deer Creek Boys. It's a good ol' brokenhearted number from Larry Boone, Tracy Lawrence, and Paul Nelson called How A Cowgirl Says Goodbye. The song was a hit for Tracy
Reso-guitar master Ivan Rosenberg has come up with a clever way to promote his next recording, using the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to generate advance orders. He has found success for his melodic old time and contemporary bluegrass recordings, as an in-demand
Donny Catron, long time guitarist and tenor singer with The Tennessee Gentlemen, passed away on February 21. He was 60 years of age and had been ill for some time. The Tennessee Gentlemen had toured extensively since the mid 1960s, perhaps
One great thing about bluegrass culture is that even the most modern artists appreciate the music of the earlier days, while the more orthodox players enjoy what the more contemporary pickers are doing. Here's a great example of that young meets old,
North Carolina fiddler Tim Smith is back with a second album under the title, Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends - Volume 2. Like its namesake, this record combines Smith's clever original instrumentals with popular standards and a couple of Gospel
Five string banjo pickers in the US, especially here in my home state of Virginia, typically know a little something about Joel Sweeney of Appomattox. He was an early popularizer of the banjo in the pre-Civil War south, often using
The 2016 edition of Bluegrass First Class was held this past weekend at the Crowne Plaza resort in Asheville, NC. Everyone seemed to have a fine time enjoying the music and the lovely surroundings, with the possible exception of one banjo
Here's one way to while away the time if you find yourself stuck in traffic on a snowy freeway in Colorado. The Travelin' McCourys hit a dead stop trying to make their way to the Winter Wondergrass Festival in Avon, CO, so
The folks at Alfred Publications have recently released a three-volume set of books for banjo students, meant to offer meaningful instruction at three levels of study. Video and audio examples of the various lessons taught by author, Ned Luberecki, are
The students in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University got quite a lesson today when they all attended a seminar and performance with The Earls of Leicester this afternoon in Johnson City. The band
