• G2 – Where The Tall Grass Grows

    One band that I did get to see at IBMA last month that really impressed me was G2, a young quintet from Sweden who won the 2007 European Band of the Year Award, announced at the EBMA European World of

  • Bluegrass in Slovakia

    Not long ago we brought you a story about Stephen Mougin playing in Slovakia. The tour is done, Stephen is back in the states and on the road with Sam Bush again, but he sent us some reflections on the

  • Flux grabs 3rd CMA trophy

    Congratulations to resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who picked up his third Musician of the Year award from the Country Music Association last night in Nashville. 2007 marked Jerry's 10th nomination for this CMA award, which was known as the Instrumentalist of

  • MasterShield Records Announces 3 New Releases

    MasterShield Records announces 3 new project releases in the last three months. The Muellers , a young eight piece family band from Maine, has a new release called, Branching Out . It contains mostly traditional tunes with some wonderful harmonies

  • Claire Lynch Sings Crowd Favorites

    Our UK correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, shares this review. Claire Lynch has recorded five CDs for the Rounder label previously. The latest, Crowd Favorites (Rounder 0600), consists of several songs in a 'best of' collection that in typical fashion these

  • jobeel

    I'm 55 now and recall the days when my kin all got together to play auto harps, acordians, guitars, dulcimars and banjos. nothing was electric. sure had a fine sound

  • Staff changes at Sugar Hill

    The Nashville office of Sugar Hill Records has some staff changes to report, effective today (11/1). Molly Nagel, who has been serving as Director of Publicity will assume the duties of Senior Director of Artist Development, offering project and marketing management

  • How are you involved with bluegrass?

    It's time for another informal poll. This will help us get to know each other better. Just tell us what your involvement with bluegrass is. Some of you might fall in more than one category, just pick the one that's