The Steel Wheels have always lived somewhere between bluegrass and Americana. Some of their music has an old time vibe, while some references idioms from rock or alternative country. Their upcoming single release, We've Got A Fire, finds them working an
First generation bluegrass banjo picker Jim Smoak will be this weekend's guest on Best of Bluegrass with Bob Mitchell. Jim had recorded and toured with Bill Monroe, Hylo Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens and Arthur Smith in the 1950s and '60s.
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers have released a live concert DVD, filmed March 9, 2013 at the Centerville High School Performing Arts Center, in Centerville, OH. It features the band on a set of 14 songs, along with two more performed with
Steep Canyon Rangers have released a new live music video, recorded at the CMT studio in Nashville when they visited earlier this year. It's for Stand And Deliver, a song written and sung by banjoist Graham Sharp, from their current Rounder
For fans of Scruggs style banjo playing, there aren't many pickers more esteemed than J.D. Crowe and Jim Mills. Of course, in a relationship between these two, Crowe would be the teacher and Jim the student, though their professional accomplishments
The Del McCoury Band released a music video for Streets of Baltimore a few weeks ago, and it somehow escaped our attention. It's the title cut from their newest record, a Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard song that was a hit
Gabriel Communications will debut its latest set of Country's Family Reunion programs, Simply Bluegrass, this week on RFD-TV. Produced by Larry Black, host of Larry's Country Diner, it follows his familiar Reunion concept: gather up a room full of top
Banjo players take note! Tony Trischka will be a guest on today's (3/5) On Point, syndicated on public radio stations from WBUR 90.9 at Boston University in Massachusetts. He'll be on the show to chat with host Tom Ashbrook about his
New Leaf Publishing Group in Green Forest, AR has announced a May 15, 2014 release for You Don't Cry Out Loud - the Lily Isaacs Story, an autobiography. Lily is the matriarch of the enormously popular bluegrass gospel family, The Isaacs,
The Rigneys have released a second video from their Dark Shadow Recording album, Double Or Nothing. This time it's Bridges, written by Elizabeth Shrum, Jeff Hyde and Becky Buller. The performance was filmed before a live audience at the South Jackson Civic Center
