Iconic mandolinist Buddy Merriam has released a follow-up edition of his mandolin book, titled Back Roads Mandolin, Volume Two. It contains transcriptions of 32 more of his original tunes for the mandolin, presented in both standard notation and tablature, along with a number of
Look who's back in the studio this month. Blue Highway is hard at work again, tracking a new project with their newest member in tow. We caught up with Tim Stafford this evening and he shared a few details. "We just started our 11th
Gene Boyd, known widely as The Fiddling Barber of Bristol, passed away on January 26 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was 88 years of age and had been battling cancer for the past six months. Born in 1927 in
Mountain Home Music has announced a March 19 release date for Bridging The Tradition, their upcoming album for Lonesome River Band. The title was chosen as a deliberate reference to the album that put LRB on the map back in 1991.
Junior Sisk has announced Noah Brown as the bass player/tenor singer with his touring band, Rambler's Choice. Noah had just indicated yesterday that he was stepping down from his position playing bass with Ralph Stanley II. Just 19 years old, Brown
Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish folk song, most commonly associated with Scottish bard Robert Burns, whose artistic legacy is celebrated on this date in his native country. He described it as ‘a song of olden times’ which appears to have been
Mountain Faith has announced a couple more changes to their touring configuration. In addition to David Meyer who has recently taken Luke Dotson's place on guitar, the band has brought in David's younger brother, Jimmy Meyer, on second guitar. Chris Wright has
For their next album release, The Infamous Stringdusters have chosen a new concept. Not new to music, but new to the band. They are sticking with the notion of recording alternative bluegrass music primarily written within the group, but have
If there's one main thing that unites bluegrass lovers outside of the music, it could well be fishing. Get a handful of pickers together and the conversation is likely to slide towards a variety of outdoor sports activities, with hunting
Once again in 2016, Dreadnoughts Unlimited will award need and age-based scholarships to attend the Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamps in Maryville, TN. These week-long residence workshops offer intensive, hands-on music education for bluegrass and old time musicians looking to up their
