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Here's a new video from alt-grassers Joy Killed Sorrow, the first from their current EP, Wide Awake, released earlier this summer on Signature Sounds. The song is Such Great Heights, originally written and recorded by pop group The Postal Service in

Lou Reid & Carolina have released a video clip from their 20th Anniversary live DVD, recorded live last December at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN. The concert was captured for both an audio CD and DVD release, with the

This report on bluegrass icon George Shuffler is a contribution from Richard Thompson and James Alan Shelton. Crosspicking bluegrass guitar pioneer George Shuffler is to be inducted into Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at a

The Deadly Gentlemen shot a live video of All The Broken Pieces from their new CD, Roll Me, Tumble Me, for Second Story Garage while they were in Boulder, CO last week. Check it out.  

Go ahead... insert your favorite banjo jokes here. Those of us blessed with an affinity for the five string understand banjo envy when we see it, and that the mind of a banjo picker is one that masters detail and

Rebel Records has released a new single to radio from The Story Of The Day I Died, the current CD by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice. The song is If The Bottle Was A Bible, written by Ronnie Bowman, Clint Daniels and

To help promote his latest CD release, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, Chris Thile was featured on Monday night's PBS Newshour. There he spoke with Jeffrey Brown about his love for Bach, the mandolin, and taking the instrument to new

Steve Martin made a stop at the Conan O'Brien show last night, with Edie Brickell and Steep Canyon Rangers in tow. They gave a lovely performance of When You Get to Asheville from their current CD, Love Has Come For

We've written several times this year about Jim VanCleve, Mountain Heart fiddler and noted Nashville producer and session player, and his harrowing brush with dengue hemorrhagic fever in March. Fortunately for all concerned, Jim pulled through after his condition was

Rounder has released a new video in support of Della Mae's current CD, This World Oft Can Be. It's for the song Paper Prince, and features clever stop action animation created by Trent Freeman and Adrian Murray.