Referring to themselves as a "Czech and Austrian Bluegrass Band," New River Train was first formed in 1993, although its actual roots were sown in Czechoslovakia during the early eighties. "The fascination with some tapes of American bluegrass music was
The SteelDrivers have always managed to live up to the tough-as-nails image implied by their handle. Their's is a rocksteady sound that's both determined and decisive. Now, with their debut album for the iconic and recently revived Sun Records label,
Fiddler and singer Corrina Rose Logston Stephens — who goes here by the decidedly abbreviated name Rrinaco — has previously been known as one the principals in the bluegrass band High Fidelity. While making her solo bow for Rebel Records, she
Hailing from Moorea, French Polynesia — located ten miles from Tahiti —the Froggy Mountain Brothers have staked out a most unique place from which to share their wares. "We've lived here about thirty years, although we originally grew up on
Credit Echo Valley with daring to expand the parameters of the traditional bluegrass template by tackling songs that break through barriers to cover rock and pop hits using bluegrass instruments alongside their original songs. A family band made up of
When a group marks its half century of activity, it has every right to take a victory lap. Credit Special Consensus for marking their first 50 years with an album that looks back on the era from which they were
It's been more than five years since we first checked in with Norway's Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, so there’s a lot to catch up on. Originally inspired by the Oscar-nominated Belgian film Broken Circle Breakdown, the Oslo-based band — consisting of
There’s something to be said for sisterly symmetry, and even though the women that comprise Sister Sadie aren't, in fact, siblings, the six women that comprise this sextet — banjo player Gena Britt, fiddler Deanie Richardson, award-winning singer Jaelee Roberts,
By his own reckoning — and those of many observers — it took Mason Via a relatively short time to assert his stature as a mover and shaker within the current crop of bluegrass up-and-comers. Of course that's to be
Danny Burns could be described as a giver, especially as it applies to offering the music spawned from his Irish origins. Born and raised in Donegal, he's found a following amongst such bluegrass luminaries as Dan Tyminski, Tim O'Brien, Sarah
