Music

Randy Cook & Commonwealth is a new bluegrass band based in the Richmond, VA area. The group consists of a pair of  veterans (Randy Cook and Malcolm Pulley) and a couple of young guns (Jason Owen and Lance Seal). They are

The Claire Lynch Band is working on a holiday CD that will be released later this year. The project, which mixes winter songs with Christmas numbers and one Hanukkah tune, will be released on Claire’s own label, at least initially, between

Progressive banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh has released a second single from his new series of bluegrass/fusion series, Back Country. This latest is the title track from the Internet-only project. Featured are Cavanaugh on electric banjo, Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan

Mark Schatz will take a six-month leave of absence from the Claire Lynch Band to play bass during the highly anticipated Nickel Creek reunion this spring and summer. He’s already joined Chris Thile, Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins in the studio,

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen is back in the studio this week in Nashville, starting work on a second Compass Records project as a follow-up to the much heralded On the Edge. The band has been test-driving new material in recent

We caught up with Tim Shelton late last week, and he shared some of what he has been doing since NewFound Road disbanded last year. As it turns out, he has spent the past few weeks talking with event producers about

The long-rumored and oft-denied Nickel Creek reunion tour is official. Today a series of show dates, and a new album, have been officially announced. Tickets for a limited Spring tour go on sale tomorrow (2/4), with additional festival shows this Summer

Swedish grassmeisters G2 will be traveling to Nashville this Spring to record their next album, Mind Over Matter. Like their previous projects, this one will focus on new songs written by guitarist/vocalist Christoffer Olsson, along with contributions from other prominent acoustic and

The Osborne Brothers were one of the most influential bands in bluegrass history. They're one of only a handful of bluegrass bands whose music transcended bluegrass and found mainstream success in the larger country music world. With twenty-one singles on the

Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from the upcoming Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie album, due March 4. It's the title track, Dancin' Annie, written and sung by Sweet Dixie guitarist Chris Stifel. The new record contains 12 new tracks, including