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The Hackensaw Boys have been sneaking around the edges of several acoustic/Americana genres since their formation in Charlottesville, VA seven years ago. Their sound is raw and raucous, frenetic and unfocused, and bursting with energy and passion. It's part jug

Kym Warner, hot shot mandolinist with The Greencards, was interviewed recently on Saturday Night Country, broadcast from his native Australia. He is interviewed by show host John Nutting, and speaks about the group's success of late, including finding their newest

Mark Newton has a music video for the title track of his latest CD, Hillbilly Hemingway. It will load and play automatically when you visit his web site. The song, written by Mike Ward, Tommy Meece and Carl Jackson, is a

This morning's edition of The Onion, an often hysterical and always amusing faux news web site, carried a hilarious piece entitled Banjo Player Sought In Hootenanny Spree. It's the story of a police investigation of a string of random banjo

Williams and Clark Expedition will be featured guests on Sirius Satellie Radio's Channel 65 on Friday (6/8) at 7:00 p.m. (EDT). They will join host Chris Jones for an interview, and one would presume, some music from their current, self-titled

In the course of a post last month about Wildfire's new lineup, we mentioned that their web site had been down while a newly redesigned site was being set up. That site is up today at www.wildfireband.com. You can get

Award-winning bluegrass photographer and author Stephanie Ledgin will see images from her most recent book, From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music, highlighted in a new exhibit which opens on June 21 at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in

Rounder Records has just uploaded audio samples for two new projects set for a June release. Ron Block's Doorway will hit on June 19. This is not really a bluegrass recording, but should be of interest to the many admirers of

Just two weeks ago, XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) announced the debut of their monthly Top 40, based on how often individual albums are featured. The June Top 40, based on requests and plays in May, has just

Fireheart Records has just released their second CD from banjo player and songwriter, Chris Cairns. The new project, Hello Blue, contains both bluegrass favorites and original songs, with plenty of banjo instrumentals amidst the vocal offerings. Audio samples from each track