Author: Lee Zimmerman

In his own words, Dave Wright & The Midnight Ramblers are in pursuit of one thing primarily — a perfect four minute song. When he puts pen to paper and pick to guitar strings, the Australian singer, songwriter, and

Some albums are meant to instill deeper meaning. Others offer entertainment. In Roger Cline's case, he shares both. That's evident on his new album, Stories of Valor, a set of songs that give praise to the bravery, courage, grit, and

Granted, Italy may have three mountain ranges within their borders — the Alps, the Apennines and the Dolomites — but even so, they have little in common with the Appalachians, the origination place of traditional bluegrass. Nevertheless, the band that

If left only to the talents of producer/singer/songwriter/guitarist Thomm Jutz and Grammy and IBMA winning guitarist, writer, and vocalist Tim Stafford, Lost Voices would seem an auspicious enough effort. Yet given the additional contributions from Tammy Rogers on fiddle, go-to

Steve Bruce, Lead Pastor at Faith Way Assembly Of God in LaFollette, Tennessee, relies on more than faith to make his music potent. Bruce, a banjo player that possesses tremendous skills on his instrument of choice, enlisted two of the

Banjo player Philip Henning and guitarist Anton Andersson have been making music together for more than a decade, but their musical journey has taken some unusual turns along the way. The two musicians now play together in a Swedish bluegrass

With seven albums to his credit, both on his own and with others, Frank Solivan and his band Dirty Kitchen — Solivan (vocals, mandolin, guitar, violin), Mike Munford (banjo), Chris Luquette (guitar), and Jeremy Middleton (bass) — have ascended to

Charlie Treat’s rural upbringing in New England obviously left an indelible impression on him, given his reverence for timeless music gleaned from a traditional tapestry. Treat cites Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, and Flatt & Scruggs as primary influences,

Sometimes the name says it all. In the case of a band that hails from Cologne, Germany, Bluegrass Cash, there's certainly no mistaking the intent. Founder, bandleader, lead singer, and rhythm guitarist Martin Voogd, fiddler, mandolin player and harmony vocalist

Tim O'Brien can be credited with helping to define bluegrass within the realms of modern music by bringing popularity to a genre that reaches well beyond the hollers and hills of Appalachia, to the vaster realms spawned by its immediate