Music

In Nashville bluegrass circles, one of the most talked about young artists is fiddler Maddie Denton. She has made a name playing at contest and conventions, and with a number of bands in recent years like Zach Top & Modern

Ralph Stanley II has announced a new member of The Clinch Mountain Boys. Young Caleb Shifflett from Orange, VA is joining the band to play second guitar and sing harmony. And when we say young, that is just what he is.

Like so many things in our lives these days, the calendar for MerleFest is a bit twisted this year. After canceling the 2020 festival, organizers have moved this year's to the late summer with an eye towards remaining uncertainty about

Prolific multi-instrumentalist Eli West is back with a new album of original songs and tunes, Tapered Point of Stone, due for release later this month. It conveys the joy and passion of bluegrass music, recorded just before COVID-19 restrictions brought

615 Hideaway Records has released a debut single to radio from their second album with Nick Chandler & Delivered. It's one called Hello, written by Jonathan Edwards, which will serve as the title track later this spring. This is the first

Turnberry Records and Management has announced the signing of bluegrass veteran, Chad Darou, to the label. This new agreement covers Chad's next album, and Turnberry providing him artist representation and management services. Darou, a Pennsylvania native, has been performing professionally in bluegrass

Eden Sky Records has released a first single from their upcoming album for Nefesh Mountain, Songs For The Sparrows. The band's creative force is the husband and wife team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff, native New Yorkers, whose bluegrass music celebrates

Portuguese banjoist Andre Dal had been working for eight years on a solo banjo album, with an eye towards releasing it this year. Andre felt a certain sense of urgency as he has been suffering from a focal dystonia in

Jason Davis is widely acclaimed as one of the finest young practitioners of the Earl Scruggs/J.D. Crowe style of banjo, a crowded field with many contenders. His crisp attack and super clean execution is what has earned him a spot

From Baltimore, by way of Louisiana, comes singer/songwriter Miles Gannett, whose debut solo project, Meridian, is due this Friday. Gannett is a tough artist to peg, as his original songs are as likely to be arranged for a bluegrass band as