Music

Gold Heart has a first single out today from their upcoming Mountain Fever Album, Places I've Been. The band consists of the three Gold sisters from northern Virginia, with their dad, Trent, on bass. All three sing, with Tori on mandolin,

Monogram, the popular European bluegrass band based in Prague, is finishing up work on a new album, Take It Easy. Founding members Zdeněk Jahoda (mandolin) and Jaromír Jahoda (banjo), along with long time bassist Pavel Lžičař, have welcomed new bandmates Pepa Malina on fiddle, and Jindřich Vinkler

Rebel Records has released a single, Bluefield West Virginia Blues, from their upcoming album by Big Country Bluegrass. It's a new song from Tom T. & Dixie Hall and Troy Engle, telling of a time when Tom T. encountered an exceptional banjo

Good news for fans of soulful bluegrass singing. David Parmley has decided that he's been away from the music too long, and is reforming his band with an eye towards touring full time in 2016. He's planning to get back in

Frank Solivan was back in the studio last week, but not for a new album with his hot band, Dirty Kitchen. He was in Nashville recording with family and friends for a new solo project on Compass Records. He carried some

Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox courthouse, essentially ending the Civil War. The bloody war which ravaged the United States touched every aspect of our nation. Geography, agriculture, business,

The bluegrass and country music world has lost a true titan. Tut Taylor, known far and wide as the "flatpicking dobro man," has died. He was 91 years old. Family friends tell us that Tut was hospitalized last week, and the

Teenaged bluegrass trio Cane Mill Road have been invited to represent the USA by playing three concerts at the world's largest international music festival for children, El Concierto En Iguazu (Iguazu in Concert) that takes place in Argentina from 25

Jerry Williamson, long time bluegrass musician and noted audio engineer, died April 6 following a long struggle with brain cancer. The West Virginia native had been part of several popular bands, including Red Wing and Outdoor Plumbing Company. In more recent

Following on the success of her book on songwriting, bluegrass and Gospel singer and songwriter Donna Ulisse has released an audio CD companion. The Songwriter In Me: Snapshots of My Creative Process was released in the summer of 2014, and has