Music

It takes a special skill set to master the sound of old time music – one that not many musicians have. There are certain nuances to the playing, performing, and singing that are hard to develop if you don't steep

It's new music week for The Grascals, and Mountain Home Music Company has a single set for release on Friday. This time out we have a tender love ballad sung by guitarist John Bryan, Flowers and Lace, which tells of how

Indiana's Branded Bluegrass has finally released their latest full-length CD for Bell Buckle Records, after nearly five years of work. Titled Somebody's Child, it includes a dozen tracks of new bluegrass music from today's top bluegrass writers. Two singles from the

Engelhardt Music Group in Nashville has released a new single to radio from bluegrass singer/songwriter Eddie Sanders. It's a song the Eddie wrote with Jon Weisberger and Adam Engelhardt about a memory from his growing up in Oklahoma. As a boy,

Colorado's Orchard Creek Band has just released their first recored project, an EP called Walk In The Woods. It includes six tracks, with both original and classic bluegrass music. This quintet shares the perennial bluegrass story of meeting each other at

Mountain Fever Records is set to release a third single tomorrow from Colebrook Road, taken from their upcoming album, All You Need To Know. It's a new song written by guitarist and lead singer Jesse Eisenbise called Back To Where We've

For many students who have taken classes in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University over the past decade or so, taking a band class or instrumental lesson with Colleen Trenwith was a highlight of

Dr. Thomas P. Foley, known to his friends as Tom, has died following a battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was 83 years of age. A Virginia native, Tom made his career in medicine in Pennsylvania, where he had most recently served

Billy Blue Records has announced the imminent release of a new album from Barry Abernathy called Barry Abernathy & Friends, that is actually four years old. Bluegrass fans remember Barry well from his time with Mountain Heart, and these days for his

Award-winning fiddler Deanie Richardson is celebrating today. The reigning IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year has just been announced as the latest signee with Nashville's Engelhardt Music Group. Richardson, a veteran of both the country and bluegrass touring scene, is currently