Last summer we introduced our readers to Strengeplukk, a Norwegian bluegrass group based in Stavanger, on the southwestern coast of the Scandinavian nation. This week they are releasing their second EP in 2020, an all-instrumental project called Nyslått Gras, which translates
Turnberry Records has announced the signing of Nashville vocalist and mandolinist Luke McKnight to the label. This talented artist has a long history in bluegrass music and has a new album ready for release in the near future. Luke actually comes
Tony Rice's Manzanita album was a life-changer for young bluegrass musicians when it hit in 1979, not unlike the J.D. Crowe & The New South record four years earlier. In many ways, those two projects set the tone for contemporary
West Virginia's Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band has released a new single today, A Miner's Life, originally recorded by Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen. But this track is not just another Gentlemen cover. It has an inside baseball backstory all its
Yep Roc Records has released a third single from their upcoming project with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Arm In Arm. It's a new song from banjo man Graham Sharp, Honey On My Tongue, who says it shares a sentiment that is
Bonfire Music has released a first single from their upcoming album for newgrass singer and songwriter, Ray Cardwell. The full album, Just A Little Rain, isn't set to hit until next month, but today we get a taste of the project
For as long as we've been covering the bluegrass music scene, even before The Bluegrass Blog was absorbed by Bluegrass Today, we've had our eye on Gangstagrass. This genre-bending outfit takes the banjo and fiddle out of the mountains and
Mountain Home Music has announced the signing of young bluegrass singer and songwriter, Jaelee Roberts, to the label. Born of bluegrass royalty, the 19 year old vocalist is the daughter of Danny Roberts, mandolinist with The Grascals, and Andrea Mullins Roberts,
Today we have another single from the upcoming Mountain Home release from The Gina Furtado Project, a fun little song about being captivated by something you know you don't really want. Gina wrote and sings Alley Cat about an encounter with a
Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, and his Wernick Method instructional system for jammers, have announced the winners in round one of their Safe Jam Contest. This online video competition was launched to encourage people learning to play bluegrass to get out
