Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin. and Bill Nowlin, the founders and original operators of Rounder Records, will receive the 2nd annual Founding President’s Award at this week's Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference. They will share the award, named for Kari Estrin, founder
When we posted last month with news that bluegrass balladeer David Parmley was returning to music in 2016, it created quite a stir. His many fans from both The Bluegrass Cardinals and Continental Divide were delighted to learn that he
Ed Helms, the well-known movie and TV comic, and less-well-known banjo picker and acoustic musician, is putting the old band back together, reuniting his college group, The Lonesome Trio, and releasing a new album of original material June 16 on
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are preparing for a European adventure, getting ready for a jam-packed 12 day tour of Central Europe. They will visit five countries in that time, traveling almost exclusively by train. This tour was arranged by Rainer Zellner, who has been
Band Of Ruhks stopped in the CMT studios in Nashville and shot a performance of Run With It, one of the songs from their self-titled, debut CD. This video begins with a brief interview before the guys leap into this country-flavored number.
Thanks to Fred Robbins who captured several hours of video from the April 30 memorial service and jam session held in honor of Tex Logan in Madison, NJ. The memorial was led by Logan's longtime friend and musical compatriot Barry Mitterhoff,
When Punch Brothers played The Ryman Auditorium on February 27, they also spent a few minutes backstage with Martin Fisher of The Center For Popular Music, and recorded Rye Whiskey on an Edison-style wax cylinder for their archives. This video includes
The Grass Cats, the popular bluegrass group based in Raleigh, NC, are celebrating a special anniversary tonight. For the past 11 years, they have without fail played the first Thursday night of each month at Mac's Tavern in nearby Cary. And
Bluegrass pioneers Hylo Brown, J.E. Mainer and Mac Martin are the subjects of four new reissues in the Heritage Collection Series from Rural Rhythm Records. Since launching this line of archival recordings in 2013, the label has now brought nearly
A pair of artists whose careers have been marked by unexpected pairings and multi-stylistic collaborations, will be touring later in 2015 with one of the purest voices in country music when Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs hit the road
