• Bluegrass Gospel Showcase at World of Bluegrass

    Details have been announced for the first official Bluegrass Gospel Showcase to be held this year during the IBMA's World Of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC. Performances are scheduled for both Thursday and Friday nights at 11:00 p.m. (10/1-2), in the Raleigh Marriott City Center

  • Video teaser from Ron Block

    Ron Block is preparing a September 25 release for his first bluegrass banjo instrumental album, Hogan's House Of Music. It will include a mix of his own new tunes, and some bluegrass and old time classics. The title comes from the

  • Daily & Vincent show launches this weekend

    Dailey & Vincent fans... Don't forget that this weekend marks the debut of their new television program on RFD-TV. Titled simply The Dailey & Vincent Show, its initial airing will be Saturday, September 5, at 9:30 p.m. (EDT). The program is signed for

  • Heartstrings video from Trinity River Band

    The Bluegrass Byway has posted a video of a recent visit from Trinity River Band, featuring the talented Harris siblings performing the title track of their latest album, Heartstrings.   Bluegrass Byway is a weekly podcast, hosted by Joe Caliva, where each episode focuses

  • Justin Moses – new CD and podcast

    Justin Moses has been one of the more active bluegrass musicians working in our music this past decade, but rarely in a showy or bombastic fashion. Possessed of near-virtuosic skills on all the common bluegrass instruments, Moses has served as banjoist

  • End of the road for Mountain Faith

    Sad news tonight for bluegrass fans. Mountain Faith Band failed to make it through to the final round on America's Got Talent. It was a good ride, but the voters didn't choose them to continue on. We're still mighty proud of this

  • Laurie video from Chris Jones

    In case you haven't had a sufficient Chris Jones fix today, here's the new music video he has just released along with his trusty Night Drivers. It's for Laurie, the opening track from their latest album, Run Away Tonight, available

  • IBMA vs. Bluegrass Gospel?

    Is there a bias against bluegrass Gospel music at the IBMA's World of Bluegrass convention? Are Gospel groups effectively blackballed as potential invited showcase artists? I have personally been aware for many years that there is a subset of the bluegrass

  • Judges turn on Mountain Faith

    Tonight on America’s Got Talent, the celebrity judges seemed to turn on Mountain Faith following their spirited rendition of Can't Feel My Face by Canadian R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, who bills himself as The Weekend. The producers had created a down home, fall-oriented set