• 2016 Bluegrass Grammy

    The announcement for the 2016 Best Bluegrass Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards was made this afternoon in Los Angeles. This was during the infamous "earlier in the afternoon" ceremony regularly mentioned in the main awards show to be

  • Fret Paw capo promises no retuning

    Al Ferguson, known in the banjo world as the developer of the Perfect Pitch capo, has a new product to introduce to the fretted stringed instrument world. The Fret Paw capo goes against most of the tradition in the capo world, which

  • Cross On A Hill video from The Jumper Cables

    The Jumper Cables, featuring  four veteran grassers from The Czech Republic, have released an image video for one of the songs on their current album, Miner's Daughter. Current membership includes Michal Wawrzyczek on banjo, Tomáš Juřena on guitar, Pavel Duda on bass, and Karel Začal on

  • Carter Country video from Della Mae

    When Della Mae played a house concert recently in Manchester, VT, Nancy Nutile-McMenemy captured this live video of the group performing the instrumental, Carter Country. It's an old-time-sounding fiddle tune which Jason Carter recorded back in 1997 that the Dellas have

  • Flatt Lonesome delivers check to St Jude

    Earlier this week several members of Flatt Lonesome made a trip to Memphis, TN to visit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and to deliver a check representing the proceeds from the band's first ever live online concert event. The band

  • Kim Williams passes

    The bluegrass and country music songwriting community lost one of its giants yesterday evening with the passing of Kim Williams. He was 68 years old. Williams was a native of East Tennessee, born near Rogersville in 1947. Well known in country music

  • One More Dollar from Bluegrass Stuff

    Italy's Bluegrass Stuff has released a music video for one of the tracks on their upcoming album. It's their arrangement of One More Dollar by Gillian Welch. The band has been performing and recording in Italy since 1977, led by mandolinist Massimo Gatti

  • Darrell Brothers challenge The Gibsons

    Things are starting to heat up between two of bluegrass music's prominent brother acts. As part of their campaign to win the coveted hosting position at the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards, The Darrell Bothers have taken to impugning the