Backwaters, the stunning 1982 album from The Tony Rice Unit, is being reissued on vinyl this September by Craft Recordings. Recorded with one of Tony's most highly-acclaimed ensembles, the album reached even further into the jazz side of Rice's new acoustic
Fast-rising bluegrass singer and songwriter Caroline Owens has signed with Main Attraction Management for exclusive representation. The company is run by experienced bluegrass booker Laura Mainer, who currently serves top artists like Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, Danny Paisley &
From The Dirt is a bluegrass/Americana group from Frederick, MD with a new album, Colored Edge of Memory, coming later this month. A second single is set to drop tomorrow, which we are pleased to premiere this morning. The band consists
East Nash Grass' new single from Mountain Fever Records is a doozy, another of their gritty and greasy original songs that blur the lines between old time and bluegrass music. Bend in the Road, written by mandolinist Harry Clark and banjo
Mighty Cord Records has released their first single for Nashville songstress Val Storey, their most recent signee. It's her new bluegrass cut of I've Just Seen A Face, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but mostly Paul McCartney, and recorded
Billy Gee and his wife, Brenda, at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC Billy Gee, longtime bassist with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, has announced his intention to step away from full time touring in order to spend more time at home
The ongoing 2025 tour of Alison Krauss & Union Station has caused another minor disruption in the bluegrass force, with Jody King announced as the fill-in banjoist with Southern Legacy for the duration. Southern Legacy is a bluegrass supergroup which includes
Hot Rize, circa 1986 - photo © Rick Gardner Photo Hot Rize is back, in a manner of speaking. Two old recordings from this wildly popular group from the 1970s and '80s, one from the vintage group with Charles Sawtelle on
Pinecastle Records' latest single for Tidalwave Road is one written by their banjo picker and lead singer, Ben Parker, about a fiesty female known as Black Smoke Annie. This quartet comes from southeastern Kentucky, and if they have tidal wave troubles
Turnberry Records has released a new single from C.J. Lewandowski, featuring Del and Ronnie McCoury, that will thrill traditional bluegrass lovers down to their toes. It's a contemporary remake of a genuine classic from 1959, and the ill-fated partnership between Red
