Music

Here's another fun arrangement of a Christmas favorite from The Petersens, of Branson, MO. This family band entertains many thousands of music lovers every year from their perch at the Little Opry Theatre in Branson, where they play multiple shows

Pinecastle Records has released a performance music video for Daryl Mosley's new Christmas song this season. It's one he wrote with Rick Lang, An Old Fashioned Christmas, very much in keeping with Mosley's penchant for nostalgia about the old days and

As we approach Christmas 2022, Chosen Road has another performance video from their current album, Appalachian Christmas. This one is for Ralph Stanley favorite Christmas Is Near, sung by mandolinist Zach Alvis in duet with bassist Josh Hicks, with guitarist Jonathan

The California Bluegrass Association has announced that the popular Julian Family Fiddle Camp, a five day workshop in Julian, CA, is now part of the CBA. Despite the name, the Camp offers instruction in old-time and bluegrass style fiddle, flat-pick and

Noted Nashville fiddle player and instructor, Megan Lynch, has announced the release of her latest instructional book, 16 Easy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle Songs, published by Bethany Olds Music and Troy Nelson Music. As the title suggests, this new manual is

Sol Chase is a young bluegrass artist now living in Colorado who shares a background common to a great many grassers. He grew up in a family band, describing his parents as hippies who traveled all over the world when

Back in 2016, over the holiday season, West Virginia's Circa Blue released an instrumental version of the Christmas favorite, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, on their Bells of Home album. Then in November of 2019, Valerie Smith with Bell Buckle Records

It isn't always news when we learn about a new band forming up. But when the members come with many years of experience with top touring acts, it's a good idea to sit up and pay attention. We heard today from

615 Hideaway Records has announced the signing of noted bluegrass vocalist Jeff Parker and his band to the label. A new recording is expected early in 2023. Parker has had quite a ride in the bluegrass world. A Kentucky native, he

The Barefoot Movement has brought their Covers for a Cause campaign to an end for 2022, in a lovely acoustic version of the 1944 classic, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with the assistance of Bryan Sutton on guitar. Real oldsters