Music

I’ve been fortunate enough to take singing lessons from Dede Wyland at music camps in two different years. Both times, after absorbing as much as could in five days, I came home energized and excited, only to find a few

Ohio banjo player Jim Greer passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at Logan Acres Care Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio.  He was 74 years old and he had been battling cancer. James Marvin ‘Jim’ Greer was born in West Liberty, Logan County,

On Top of Old Smoky: New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music, a collection of new recordings of classic mountain music produced by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, has been named the Best Tribute Album at the 15th Annual Independent Music Awards. The album features versions of folk

The Christmas releases for 2016 are coming in hot and heavy this month, including this new offering from The Spinney Brothers, appropriately titled Merry Christmas Everybody. The boys, Canadian by birth, counter the charge of "too soon!" by noting that Canadian Thanksgiving

Here is a fascinating "power of social media" story regarding bluegrass vocalist Dave Adkins and an impromptu video he posted on Facebook over the weekend. Dave had decided to put together a low-key trio with a couple of his friends, Richie Rose and

Wilson Pickins Bluegrass Promotions is taking over the world! It seems that Melanie Wilson adds a new band to her roster every few days. Today she has announced the signing of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne to the agency for representation and publicity

A new group has formed in the Czech Republic, combing existing group High ReVoltage -  a trio made up of Ondra Kozák on guitar, Vítek Hanulík on mandolin, and Karel Začal on reso-guitar - with bassist Pavel Duda to form New Aliquot. The members have performed with some

Bill Evans' rolling banjothon series, The California Banjo Extravaganza, is pushing through northern CA this weekend with four more concerts and a workshop for banjo maniacs on the west coast. Each year Bill grabs two other top names in the banjo world,

The Flashback boys spent the early part of the month in the studio finishing up their debut album, Foxhounds And Fiddles, for Pinecastle Records. They expect to have everything wrapped up shortly, with the completed project headed to bluegrass radio early

The Darrell Webb Band was in a serious auto accident earlier today while traveling to St. Augustine, FL for a show. Fortunately everyone is OK, though dobro player Tyler Collins, who was asleep in the back of the van, was pitched about