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Tim Ellis on banjo with Jeff Tuttle on mandolin and Don White on guitar in the mid-1970s Michigan banjo player Tim Ellis died on November 10, following a series of debilitating kidney and heart issues. He was 67 years of age, and

Tony Trischka - photo © Gregory Heisler Down The Road Records has a new single for veteran banjo trendsetter Tony Trischka, recorded with The Steeldrivers. As you might guess from the choice of the 'Drivers to accompany him, Tony has picked out

The Kody Norris Show has just released a highly entertaining music video for Waitress, Waitress, their grassed-up arrangement of this Little Jimmy Dickens classic from the 1950s, written by hall of famer Boudleaux Bryant. Kody recorded this one on their

Well that didn't take long... Just a week ago we shared that Anthony Howell, guitarist with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, was switching to banjo with the band, the instrument most of us have known him for playing. His comment at

Of late we've been hearing from storied bluegrass singer and songwriter Irene Kelley mostly with new music from her venture with her two daughters, i.e., Women of Kelley. But this week we get a single of her solo work, in

Guitar master Bryan Sutton is on a tear right now, releasing singles one after another from his upcoming Mountain Home Music project, From Roots to Branches. The album pairs Sutton with some of his chief flatpicking influences, as well as

Eastern Kentucky native Carl Bentley is a dedicated bluegrass singer and songwriter, plying his trade now in Indiana, where he relocated some years ago. A survivor in the truest sense of the word, Carl spent six months in recovery from

From Pinecastle Records comes a new single from Missouri's Route 3, taken from their current album, The Best of Route 3: Live at The Station Inn, recorded in Nashville's chief bluegrass venue before a sold out crowd. For the single they've

Cotton Pickin' Kids sign with ATS Records at World of Bluegrass 2025 Cotton Pickin' Kids have signed a recording contract with ATS Records in Knoxville, TN. The actual signing took place during IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Chattanooga on September 18,

As we count down to the time when we'll have no more music from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, they present us with a new single, appropriate for the Thanksgiving holiday that's fast approaching. It's Lord I'm Thankful, written by