Music

Angus Gill is a young singer/songwriter from New South Wales in Australia, whose 4th studio album, The Scrapbook, is dedicated to his love of bluegrass music. He wrote and recorded the music during the recent COVID-19 shutdowns, many of which

Mark Varner - photo by Snap Jackson/Mark with his son, Marty Mark Varner, prominent California bluegrass musician and active volunteer with state bluegrass associations, died unexpectedly in his sleep on September 4. He was at his long-awaited retirement home in Dangriga,

Swamptooth is a new contemporary bluegrass group from Savannah, GA whose debut album, B-Flat Earth, is set to release later this month. The band formed last year in an attempt to stay fresh on their instruments while live performances were proscribed,

Ned Luberecki has been a familiar face - and voice - in the bluegrass world for many years now. We see him on stage on banjo with the Becky Buller Band; we hear him as a radio personality on SiriusXM's

Becky Buller debuts on the Grand Ole Opry (9/3/21) - photo by Shelly Swanger Becky Buller, and her trusty Becky Buller Band, made their first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry on Friday, September 3. They played three songs from her current

We can expect to hear a lot of bluegrass tributes to Tom T. Hall in the next little bit, given the wealth of bluegrass material he wrote, and the great kindness he and Miss Dixie showed to bluegrass artists in

Shannon Slaughter has a new single today, with a music video to boot! Unsurprisingly, it's a driving grasser with a bluesy feel, a new song called Goin' Up The Mountain, written by Slaughter and Chris Burton. Equally unsurprisingly, he is supported

For some years we have enjoyed music from The Earl Brothers, which is primarily the work of Robert Earl Davis, a bluegrass banjo man from the east coast who has migrated to San Francisco. As a young man he studied

Spencer Nitchie, co-owner/operator of Banjo NewsLetter, died on August 6 following a brief bout with liver and pancreatic cancer. He was 57 years of age. Since 1992, Spencer and his brother, Donald, have run the publication launched by their father, Hub,

James Reams has released another single from the upcoming soundtrack album for his film, Like A Flowing River: A Bluegrass Passage. The movie, available through Amazon Prime online, is the story of James' life and career, from the early days in