Virginia's Crooked Road, the state's successful effort to use traditional mountain music as a tourist draw for dozens of southwest Virginia communities, is getting a nice boost from an unexpected place. The Furrow, a publication of the John Deere Company which
Banjo aficionados and Earl Scruggs devotees, in particular, will be enthused, nay, excited, by the news of a forthcoming book about the banjo innovator, Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon, published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Earl Scruggs’s career as a banjo player
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released another music video from their star-studded collaboration project, Country Grass. The album features a bevy of country music icons performing bluegrass versions of their biggest hits with Lorraine and the boys. This latest showcases
Here's something fun to start your first weekend in March. Our friends, The Wortmann Brothers, have released a new video in their series of bluegrass classics translated into German. As always, they infuse their unique Continental humor into the translation, and
Mike Snider and Mark Johnson on the Grand Ole Opry - photo by Nicole Christianson Florida's Mark Johnson, inventor of the clawgrass style of banjo, had a big moment last weekend when he traveled to Nashville to appear on the Grand
Here's a happy coincidence for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. The very day they release a music video for the first single from their new album, it hits #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. The album is Made To
Noam Pikelny is not only a banjo player extraordinaire. On his his upcoming Rounder album, Universal Favorite, we learn that he is also a very capable vocalist. And based on this short film created to explain the basis for this record
Every year around this time, rumors and wishes start flying through the country music industry. Who will be the current year’s inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame? Each year, one artist from the modern era, one veteran artist,
The Travelin' McCourys and The Jeff Austin Band have released a live video shot during their successful Grateful Ball tour last year. The concept behind the tour was that each group would perform their standard show, followed by a jammin' joint
Kris Kristofferson performs at the International Folk Music Awards - photo by Neale Eckstein After taking two folk Grammys on Sunday for her Undercurrent record, Sarah Jarosz continued her sweep last night when she accepted the Album of the Year trophy
