Music

I recently caught up with Brandon Godman (Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, Doyle Lawson, etc…) on a morning hike up one of our many hills in San Francisco. Brandon opened The Fiddle Mercantile a couple of years back, and is

Bluegrass music may not be cool enough for country radio - or big Nashville labels - but it clearly is appealing to country artists, especially those of the edgier variety. The past few years have seen bluegrass projects from a

The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, held each summer in Connecticut for the past 25 years - except for 2020, when pandemic restrictions made that impossible - is all set to go forward with their 2021 event. It is wonderful news

Mountain Home Music is celebrating the upcoming release of their first album for The Alex Leach Band with a new single from the record. That project, I'm The Happiest When I'm Moving, again produced by Americana legend Jim Lauderdale, is set for

Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of Andy Leftwich to the label. Leftwich, former longtime fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, left the band in 2016 to spend more time at home, and take advantage of opportunities

The bluegrass community in central Virginia is in mourning this week following the death of Mike Sharp, who played resophonic guitar with a number of prominent groups over the past 40 years. He was 63 years of age. Mike had been

Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Magnolia Drive, a contemporary/traditional bluegrass band from southern Mississippi. The quartet performed a virtual showcase during the 2020 World of Bluegrass convention, and impressed everyone with their vocal and instrumental abilities. Specializing in

We've written on many occasions about the way the bluegrass world gets behind young talent, to help nurture their artistry and promote them to a wider audience. The music scene in California has an especially strong track record in this

Robert W. "Bob" Mitchell died on January 26 in Louisville, KY following a bout with COVID-19 that he developed after undergoing surgery. He was 83 years of age. Bob was a popular bluegrass radio personality in and around Louisville, where he

Mountain Home Music Company has another new single release this week, one for The Gina Furtado Project called Gone. Gina has been a popular figure in bluegrass circles this past few years. Though she had been playing and teaching in northern