Tennessee’s two U.S. senators and a third who has cashed some songwriting royalty checks said Monday that songwriters deserve a raise. But they’re not likely to get one any time soon. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Orrin Hatch
From Brooklyn, NY comes another young band using bluegrass instruments to play grass-inflected pop music. The Leeway describes their style as Indie/Folk, but it seems likely to appeal to fans of modern, experimental bluegrass-based music, which we have described here before
The newest members of the Grand Ole Opry, Old Crow Medicine Show will be releasing a new album this summer. Acoustic music fans everywhere will be anticipating Remedy, due July 1st. Old Crow Medicine Show has one of the most diverse fan
Ryan Cavanaugh has released the latest single in his Back Country series of modern banjo compositions. Like the others so far, Once Upon A Time In Appalachia was recorded with Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan on bass, Tyson Rogers on keyboard, and
High Ground, a contemporary bluegrass band in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, is on the hunt for a new rhythm guitarists and vocalist. Larry Taylor, who is a founding member, is leaving the group after ten years. The guys have released four albums
From Scranton, Pennsylvania comes a traditional bluegrass band that call themselves Coal Town Rounders. They refer to their scrappy, minimalist sound as Blacklung Bluegrass. Numero Uno is the clever title of their debut album, released earlier this month. It's a seven track
Sad news for fans of Swedish bluegrass group, Downtown Ramblers. The band has announced today that they will no longer be performing together after an eight year run that found them touring across Europe and in the US. In recent years,
When the muse strikes, a true artist follows wherever it leads. And if that means two albums in a single year, that's where it goes. Prolific singer/songwriter Donna Hughes has that very plan for 2014. Since her last project in 2010,
It's not uncommon for popular bands you see on festival stages to be made up of pickers who work a "day job" during the week, and play bluegrass on the weekends. Many of these "weekend warriors" can end up doing
"Lonesome" Lester Armistead of the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band passed away Friday evening at his home in Goodlettsville TN, from complications of cancer. He was appreciative of being surrounded by his family and music friends who sat and sang to
