2013 holds much in store with books about the first generation bluegrass musicians promised. Firstly, in February, the University Press of Mississippi will publish Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers (ISBN-13: 978-1-61703-646-0) written by David W. Johnson. Carter and
Tomorrow (12/12), Sirius-XM subscribers will get a first chance to check out music from the upcoming IIIrd Tyme Out album, Timeless Hits From The Past Bluegrassed, due in January from Cracker Barrel. The entire record will be played for the first
We have recently discovered, or have been sent, a good many pieces of Christmas music from bluegrass artists. Many are in video form, and we will highlight them over this next few weeks. Some are grassy versions of familiar holiday songs,
Here's a clever video to start the week, one that first made the rounds two years ago. Folks who go big for flamboyant outdoor Christmas decorations are well aware of programmable controllers that allow the end user to create their own
Check the Bluegrass Weather Report for this weekend, with John Goad. This week we focus on the last show from J.D. Crowe & the New South at The Birchmere.
Those wacky guys at Banjo Loco have created a wonderfully demented banjo version of Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, from the perennial Christmas favorite, The Nutcracker. Banjo Loco is a pair of Nebraska pickers, Troy Johnson and Matt Manning, who
Grassville is a new band from the Atlanta area, featuring a bluegrass veteran and four strong young pickers. They have a new CD, Lonely Tonight, with 8 originals from within the group, plus covers of Jonathan Edwards' How Long Have
As a taste of what we'll be offering during our Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway later this month, here is a debut recipe from our co-host in the giveaway, The Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent. Starting December 14 and running through
Video from Punch Brothers' visit to the Conan show last night has been posted online. Watch as the boys power through Movement and Location, Chris Thile's ode to the slider tailing away. The band has just embarked on a whirlwind tour, which
Many of the early bluegrass songs came from the Carter Family repertoire and that material continues to be endearing. The family story and that of their music is fascinating and has already been the subject of three books; John Atkins’ The
