Compass Records announced earlier today that the next album from Special Consensus would be a star-studded tribute to popular 1970s singer/songwriter John Denver. Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver will feature the current Speial C, along with guest appearances
To help promote his brand new album, Great Big World, Tony Trischka has released an online video. Tony Trischka - A Day On Tour follows our banjo hero for a day performing last year with Béla Fleck, Noam Pikelny, and several others,
Nashville is a town where dreams go to die. Week after week, buses disgorge aspiring superstars with three things in common. They're young, they're talented, and they'll never have a career in music. But sometimes, talented youngsters do find their way
Bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton has accomplished an awful lot since he first appeared on the scene with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 1995. This was at the beginning of Skaggs' return to his bluegrass roots, and Sutton was enlisted
Justin who...? Will the next teen heartthrobs be a trio of bluegrass brothers from New Jersey? The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys captured the world's attention in 2010 when home movie style videos of them practicing in their bedroom struck gold on
During January's NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, Washburn introduced several new instrument models that should be of interest to bluegrass and acoustic musicians. Their R360K offers a resonator guitar with a parlor sized body, with a shaded spruce top and back
Travis Frye and Blue Mountain is the latest act to sign with Kindred Records. Their first album with the label, Living in a Moment, is expected this Spring. The North Carolina band is fronted by Frye, guitarist, lead singer and afternoon host
Rural Rhythm has planned a March 4 ship date for their latest classic bluegrass reissue, Radio Shows, from Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys. Initially released as a 2 LP set in 1962 on Jim & Jesse's own Old Dominion
Alison Krauss & Union Station and Willie Nelson are co-headlining a major US tour starting in May of 2014. 33 dates are currently scheduled between May 1 and July 18, covering the eastern and central United States. No word yet about
Grasstowne has announced that Shannon Slaughter has joined the band, playing guitar and singing lead. But wait a minute... Doesn't Shannon already have a band of his own, County Clare? That's right, but he and Alan Bibey with Grasstowne have come to
