Music

What does it take to get eclectic banjo player Danny Barnes to record an acoustic bluegrass album? Well, awarding him the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass in 2015 doesn't seem to have hurt. In fact, when we

Mountain Fever Records has released a debut single from their upcoming album by Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, The Mountains Are Calling Me Home. If you know anything about Junior, you know that this project title comes straight from his heart.

The winners of the 2017 Hazel Dickens Song Contest have been announced, and it is a good year for the ladies. This annual contest is held to honor the lifetime achievements of the late Hazel Dickens, who added a great

Noted Canadian banjo player/composer Jayme Stone has announced an April 7 release for his next project, Folklife, on Borealis Records. The project is a continuation and extension of his current fascination with the traditional folk music of many cultures, incorporating

Béla Fleck, Tom Nechville, Jack Hatfield, and James McKinney at SPBGMA 2017 This reflection on the events of this past weekend's SPBGMA National Convention in Nashville is a contribution from Tom Nechville, founder of Nechville Musical Products and the designer and

Kenny Smith has been a favorite among flatpickers since he popped up with Claire Lynch in the early-1990s, through his memorable stint with Lonesome River Band, his more recent career with his wife in the Kenny & Amanda Smith Band,

Kevin Richardson has spent most of his adult life as a bluegrass performer. Whether fronting his own group or assisting established artists on stage, he's spent his career playing the music he loves as a guitarist and a singer. His

Bob Shue, popular North Carolina luthier and instrument repairman, has died. He was 81 years old when he passed on February 1. Known in later years primarily for his hand made mandolins, Bob had also been a performer as a younger

On this Day … On February 5, 1959, Starday Records purchased the masters for four of Charlie Moore’s religious recordings that were later released on the EP SEP-103. The songs involved were No Grave (Is Gonna Keep This Soul of Mine); Over

Danny Jones, a founding member of the Bluegrass Alliance, who was briefly a Blue Grass Boy in the summer of 1971, and a member of the Roland White band, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2017. He had been battling the