Author: Richard Thompson

Luke McKnight is the son of Gwen McReynolds, the oldest of Jesse's four children. He has worked as part of the Virginia Boys since 1994 or 1995 when he joined on a part time basis and, I recall, he piqued

Music Of Coal - Various Artists (Lonesome Records & Publishing CD 071); two CDs with 70 page book, released in 2007 The work of coal miners has long been commemorated in song, disasters have led to contemporaneous ballad type songs and

The Los Angeles Times had an article about the famous LA club, Ash Grove, in Sunday's edition of that newspaper. This comes as a prelude to the forthcoming 50th Anniversary celebration planned for April 18 - 20 at UCLA. The Ash

Jim Roe of Roe Entertainment, based in Owensboro, Kentucky, has announced the addition of Rounder Recording artists, The Freight Hoppers, an old time string band, to his already exciting roster of bluegrass bands. Those patient fans who had the pleasure of

Wayne Fields, most recently the banjo player with The Charlie Sizemore Band, passed away from complications associated with cancer on March 21. The deminutive Fields was born in Hazard, Kentucky, and moved to the Lexington area at a young age. He

"I will know my Saviour when I come to Him by the mark where the nails have been." Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent joined forces only very recently and memories of an earlier Gospel recording meant that the expectations of their

David Parmley started playing bluegrass professionally when he was a 17 year old, when he joined his father, banjoist Don Parmley in the Bluegrass Cardinals. He has been leading Continental Divide since 1994 when his father retired. This new combination

Sirius Satellite Radio has announced that 13-time Grammy award-winning bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will take over its Sirius Bluegrass channel (65) for an entire week. Skaggs Place will premiere on March 23 at 3 pm ET. The launch of Skaggs

Where No One Stands Alone is Paul Williams' seventh album for Rebel Records; all have been in the bluegrass Gospel style. That has been Williams' chosen path for several years now, since retiring from his day job. He has been

Recently we provided some information about the forthcoming Longview CD Deep In The Mountains, Rounder 0578. We can now add that there are 30 second WinMedia and RealAudio audio clips available to listen to at the Rounder website. The group is