Avant-garde mandolinist Andy Statman has announced a new CD, Superstring Theory, set for an October 22 release on Shefa Records. It was recorded with Staman's Trio (Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on drums), along with fiddler Michael Cleveland and guitarist/vocalist
Towards the end of IBMA week in Raleigh last month, a pair of the lovely Bankester girls stopped by for a chat about their new album, Love Has Wheels, and the first music video from the record for When I'm
It seems that the annual IBMA convention and awards always stir up the familiar argument about whether traditional bluegrass gets its due, or is getting squeezed out by newer, bluegrass-derived music. This has always struck me as a needless and
Legendary bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate has died at 91 years of age. As a young man, he served as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the early 1940s, just prior to the addition of Flatt & Scruggs to
In addition to his Blacktop video we posted yesterday, Alan Jackson has released a music video for Blue Ridge Mountain Song, also from The Bluegrass Album, his current release. The record consists of mostly new Jackson originals, but recorded with
Amber Collins & Turning Point have announced the official addition of fiddler Crystal Shipley to the band. She has been doing shows with them for much of the summer, and has now been welcomed as a full-time member. Crystal joins Noah
When we spoke with IIIrd Tyme Out bassist/vocalist Edgar Loudermilk during World of Bluegrass last month, he shared some information about his new CD, My Big Chance Tomorrow, which is released today on Mountain Fever Records. All 15 tracks are available
Alan Jackson has released the music video for Blacktop from his new bluegrass project, The Bluegrass Album. It was filmed at The Station Inn back in August when the album was officially debuted, with the same all-star band that cut the record
Lonesome Day Records has released a pair of singles to radio from It's Christmas Time, their upcoming holiday album with Jeff Parker, due later this month. Parker, who plays mandolin, sings and provides comic relief with Dailey & Vincent, is assisted
Steve Gulley and Sam Passamano, President of Rural Rhythm Records, have made it official. The popular bluegrass singer, songwriter, recording engineer and producer has signed a long-term deal with the Nashville-based label. It may almost seem like a formality, as Gulley
