Young mandolinist, composer, and vocalist Thomas Cassell has made quite an impression on the professional bluegrass world in the past few years. Since graduating from the bluegrass program at ETSU, he has performed with Billy Strings, The Bryan Sutton Band, Jim
Engelhardt Music Group in Nashville has announced the signing of Riverbend, a traditional bluegrass band from St Louis who hew to the high lonesome sound that gave the music its early definition. The quintet has been playing together this past six
Ohio/Kentucky bluegrass singer and songwriter, Mark Whitt, has a new album of his music called Tennessee Moon, with the title track now available as a single. The album was produced by Clay Hess, and recorded in his Ohio studio. Mark lays
Jesse Smathers, guitarist and tenor vocalist with Lonesome River Band, has announced a new self-titled solo project, with a new single out today for everyone to get a taste. Folks in the Virginia/Carolina region have known of this young artist's talent
In the early morning hours of Thursday, November 11, the traditional music world lost a very important person. Mary Edna Thompson may not have been famous in the sense that a pop star would be, but her influence on so
Darren Nicholson is a lot more than the smiling mando man you see on stage with Balsam Range. Though that is quite a lot in itself, as he also contributes mightily to the group's vocal sound. With his own Darren Nicholson
Don Schlitz has been one of the most successful songwriters in Nashville, writing hit after hit for top country acts like The Judds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tanya Tucker, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as bluegrass-adjacent artists like
As a part of their ongoing series of Banjo Picking Tunes, Mel Bay has released a slim volume of melodies for banjo taken from early European classics. Entitled Early Music Gems, the book was compiled by Spanish banjoist Lluis Gomez,
The Doug Flowers Band hails from down around Augusta, GA. Consisting of five veteran grassers, they have released a debut album called Brothersville. The title comes partly from the fact that the group includes two sets of brothers - Doug Flowers on
Pinecastle Records has released a new single from their upcoming project with Jim Hurst, a new song he wrote with Jack Shannon called Back To The One. The song will be included on Jim's full-length album, From The Ground Up, expected
