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Ernie Thacker's is a familiar name to bluegrass fans, for the soulful music he's recorded over the years, the story of his horrifying injuries from an auto accident 7 years ago, and his subsequent and heroic recovery. In a story sure

The winners of the 35th annual Central Canadian Bluegrass Award were announced in Huntsville, ON this past weekend. Voting for nominees and winners is limited to members of the Northern Bluegrass Committee, who sponsor the awards, or one of six regional bluegrass clubs

Christmas time is coming … and this new book, Inventing The American Guitar, may well be an ideal present for those interested in the history of the American flat-top guitar. Sub-titled The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Contemporaries

Every time I get angry about cable TV rates or restrictions, and turn my mind to the notion of doing without, there are a few things that slam on the brakes. One is live sports, and the other is DVR.

The Infamous Stringdusters have released a new music video for Night On The River from their new Road To Boulder EP. It may just be the perfect antidote for the cold weather blues starting to settle on us all heading

While we don't keep an eagle eye on the country music scene, sometimes we do find our beloved bluegrassers popping up in what Nashville dishes out. The new video from singer Laura Bell Bundy occasions just such a discovery. In promoting

Back in Raleigh during IBMA week, we had a nice chat with Feller & Hill. They caught us up with their comings and goings, a Boys From Indiana tribute album they have coming up, and how they found themselves working

Earlier this month Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby stopped by Yahoo Music to record a brief set of songs from their new live CD, Cluck Ol' Hen, with Kentucky Thunder, Ricky's band of red hot super-pickers, in tow. Here's their grassified version

Irish grasser Niall Toner has released a music video for his mandolin instrumental, Burren Backstep, included on his current Pinecastle project, Onward & Upwards. It's a performance video of this simple but haunting tune, which Niall says came to him while relaxing in

Hide your grandpas... the mountain twerking Granny is on the loose! The music video for Mountain Twerker, a single recently released by The Darrell Brothers, is now available as well. It tells the story of their dear old Granny, who the