Belgian bluegrassers Suncourt Ramblers have released a fun Christmas video. It's their version of The Beatles' Everywhere It's Christmas, filmed where else... in a shopping mall! The Ramblers are Jos Maesen on reso-guitar, Hans Wolters on banjo, David Bammens on mandolin, Bert Peyffers on
KCA Artists in Nashville, formerly Keith Case & Associates, has announced the signing of New England's Lonely Heartstring Band to the agency for exclusive representation. The group has been steadily on the rise since their somewhat accidental inception three years ago.
Thanks to Ted Lehmann for sharing this video he shot during The Gibson Brothers' annual Christmas show. Billed as A Gibson Family North Country Christmas, Eric and Leigh host the show each year at their old high school, Northern Adirondack Central School,
Mountain Faith has joined the ranks of bluegrass artists releasing Christmas music this year. They've created a holiday video, in conjunction with Western Carolina University, of Carol Of The Bells, one of the more challenging pieces of Yuletide music to
Though it may not be obvious to bluegrass consumers, those who work in the business from artists, writers, radio professionals, and record label staff, know what a major player Airplay Direct has become in the bluegrass world. Formed in 2005 by Robert
The venerable Banjo NewsLetter has dedicated its December issue to the career and music of the great J.D. Crowe. Surely among the finest bluegrass banjo players ever to don picks, BNL uses the recent announcement of Crowe's retirement to remember the many decades
Steep Canyon Rangers have released a live video of Blue Velvet Rain from their current Radio album, performed with The Brevard Sinfonia. The song is a somber ballad written by Charles R. Humphrey III and Phil Barker, orchestrated for the video by Jonathan Sacks,
A documentary film about the spread of bluegrass music in the Czech Republic, Banjo Romantika, is set to air in December on many PBS television stations around the US. It will be broadcast starting tomorrow night (12/10) in North Carolina, and showing in West Virginia, Kentucky,
If you've ever spent time listening to road stories from touring musicians, you know that they see a side of life not often visible to us work-a-day souls. From the late night eateries to the 24-hour truck stops, they encounter people
How 'bout some more Christmas music? Here is Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver with one of the most beloved Christmas hymns, O Holy Night, a 19th century French poem put to music. It's been recorded by nearly every singer of note, and
