Music

With Christmas parties off the docket for most of us this year, many folks who have already pulled out their tacky holiday attire are wondering why they bothered. But there is still a chance to get a reaction from that appalling

Pinecastle Records has a new release from Kim Robins, her first ever Christmas single. It's one she wrote called You and Christmas Cookies, which takes a bluesy bluegrass look at the annual baking tradition. Think a modern Jingle Bell Rock with

Matthew Lin, an extremely talented young musician and one of the brightest lights of the contest fiddle world, died on December 11. He was 19 years of age. He passed several days after suffering extreme complications from a lung surgery to

Mountain Fever Records has released their second single from Linda Lay, a true veteran bluegrass vocalist recently signed to the label. Linda has been singing the grass since she was a girl, performing with her family's group in east Tennessee. As

Nashville mandolinist Tristan Scroggins has continued to use his forced down time this year to study and transcribe music from his favorite players. And he makes his efforts available through his Patreon page, where anyone who pledges $5-$10 per month

From Connecticut comes veteran bluegrass vocalist Amy Gallatin, with a new Christmas record to share this year. Called simply 'Tis The Season, it features a total of 20 selections, drawn mostly from less familiar contemporary Christmas and holiday songs. Not strictly

Nefesh Mountain has released a music video from their 2020 Hanukkah Concert, which streamed live this past Saturday night from The Barn at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. It's their bluegrass arrangement of Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah, incorporating snippets

Brad Laird is one of the busiest bluegrass players you've never met. Unless you live in Georgia, you might not have ever seen him play. But he teaches a large load of students and interacts with thousands of bluegrass lovers

Anthony Howell, the talented young banjo player with Williamson Branch, has released a new single for the Noxubee Hills Music Group, his own arrangement of a Christmas classic. Actually, Anthony plays more than just banjo with the Williamsons, taking on guitar

Rebekah Speer (née Long) has released a single from her upcoming album of bluegrass Gospel music, a classic from the Speer Family. It's one from her in-laws, who started their career in Gospel music all the way back in the 1920s.