The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that the US division of Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi (pronounced key-ay-zee) will be the first presenting sponsor for their World of Bluegrass events during 2015. In the past, business entities have attached their names through
New York banjo picker Ryan Cavanaugh has created a pair of videos where he is demonstrating the efficacy of the new ACM-5 banjo pickup from EMG. To do so, he performs two new pieces of his, destined for his next album,
Finland's Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers have released a music video ahead of their upcoming album, Bluegrass Singer. In keeping with their devotion to the traditional bluegrass style, The Banjo Song is a tribute to five of the most distinctive five stringers
Here's some more from Bean Blossom 2015... Our friend Betsy White captured some video from the stage over this past weekend, and sent along this clip of Volume Five performing Crazy Night from their current CD, Voices. This song was written by Jeff
James Reams has released a highly cinematic new music video for his song, One Foot In The Honky Tonk. It finds James as Everyman walking the road to destruction, only to encounter Satan along the way. Pretty spooky, let me
Mountain Home Music has released a pair of singles from Run Away Tonight, their upcoming debut project with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. Or perhaps you might say they have released a single, with a digital-style A and B
Colorado's RapidGrass Quintet has released a music video for the title track of their upcoming album, Crooked Road. It's fairly high-concept for a bluegrass band, directed by Sean Morris, complete with a mysterious blond woman. RapidGrass Quintet is Alex Johnstone on mandolin,
Ohio's Nightflyer has just released their first professionally-produced music video, for Hazel Dickens' Old River, which the band has included on its latest CD, Rail, River & Road. The guys spent two days working with Director/Editor Shanon Rice, and videographer Matthew O’Pry
Music fans milling around at the Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN on Tuesday got quite a treat. As Firewater Junction was performing, country superstar Dierks Bentley joined them on stage for a couple of bluegrass classics. Serious bluegrass fans (and Bentley
During this summer, the International Bluegrass Music Association needs to fill five open seats among its Board of Directors. This is a fine opportunity for those who care deeply about the mission and direction of the organization to consider whether
