Ron Block has had a productive 2015. In addition to his first-ever full length banjo instrumental CD, Hogan's House Of Music, he has just released a short-form EP of holiday music, Carter's Creek Christmas. Here the focus is on familiar carols and hymns,
Bourgeois has announced a limited run of a truly distinctive, 40th Anniversary guitar. Only 15 of these models will be built, using special reserve quilted mahogany back/sides and master grade, torrified adirondack spruce tops. They will be offered in either
John Driskell Hopkins, bassist with alt-country heroes the Zac Brown Band, has released a holiday album for the 2015 Christmas season. In The Spirit find Hopkins singing a dozen sacred and secular favorites, all backed by the Atlanta Pops Orchestra,
Bill and The Belles is a quartet based in Johnson City, TN who specialize in what they call early country music. This is the music created by rural, mostly Southern Americans, from the development of broadcast radio in the 1920s
What can you get for the banjo player who has everything? How about a brightly colored banjo for every day of the week? Deering Banjos is offering a limited number of specially-stained instruments in a number of ostentatious colors for that
Phil Leadbetter, award-winning bluegrass reso-guitarist and everyone's favorite Uncle Phil, was inducted over the weekend into the Atlanta Country Music Hall Of Fame. Though born in Knoxville in 1962, Phil lived in Atlanta as a boy. These awards have been in distributed since they
Mountain Home Music has released a sneak peak video for their upcoming album for The Grascals, And Then There's This, and their new singer/guitarist, John Bryan. If you've caught them live this summer, you already recognize Bryan as an outstanding bluegrass
Seldom Scene guitarist Dudley Connell is preparing for this weekend's shows at The Birchmere, as per usual for Thanksgiving. But this year, he's wondering what to do with his left hand. While on the 5th annual Traditional Bluegrass Cruise to the Caribbean, Dudley
Annie Patterson and Peter Blood have collaborated with Hal Leonard to create a new edition of their very popular songbook, Rise Up Singing. Like the original, which is still available, this new songbook offers words and chords to 1200 great folk songs
Mile Twelve, another of the new bands in Boston's burgeoning bluegrass scene, has released a second music video from their debut, self-titled album. This time it's for Ain't Comin' Back, a song written and sung by guitarist, Evan Murphy. He is joined by regular
