Another Washington State grasser down. Gary Phelps passed away suddenly from a heart attack on July 22, 2014, while at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington. Gary Eldon Phelps was born in Olympia, Washington, on November 27, 1939. He served in the Navy,
The Seattle bluegrass music community has lost a long-time member in the person of Carl Chatski, who passed away unexpectedly July 24 at the age of 75. Originally from Baltimore, MD, Carl had lived in the Seattle, WA area for some time. As
Milan Miller started learning guitar around the age of five. Guitar is his primary instrument, but he also plays the mandolin, bass, piano, and "just enough banjo and Dobro to get myself into trouble." Miller's song catalog includes such Balsam Range
The Birthplace of Country Music announced today that Corbin Hayslett was the winner of the video contest to be included on the upcoming Orthophonic Joy album project. The record will recreate songs from the 1927 Bristol Sessions, when Ralph Peer tracked a number
Getting to meet your heroes can be a mixed bag. If you're lucky enough to do so, there is always the risk that they won't live up to your expectations, or even be rude when you approach. Of course, there
Mountain Songs, the upcoming solo project from Blue Highway's Shawn Lane, is set for release on August 20. Shawn says that he recorded this one with several members of his talented family, names that may not be familiar to bluegrass fans. But
This is a big month for Wildfire. They've released a new single, signed with a new booking agency, and are looking forward to the release of their first album since 2010 early next year. Let's take those in turn, shall we? The single is I
Town Mountain has always been known as a band that is best experienced live. That's not a knock on their three fine studio albums, just a recognition from their fans that it's a show that needs to be seen as
We've posted a number of videos from Australia's Mustered Courage, another group that uses the familiar bluegrass instrumentation to perform and record original music drawn from outside the old time or bluegrass tradition. It's a very appealing sound that has won them
Jerry Douglas' next project is something of a departure for him. Typically a decidedly forward-loooking artist focused on new music, the Dobro master is turning his gaze back to the 1950s for The Earls of Leicester, a Flatt & Scruggs tribute
