Music

The Bluegrass, Old Time and Roots Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) has an honors band, which invites the very strongest players in the program to participate each semester. Billed as the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, it

Yesterday, March 27, was the two-year anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, when an armed intruder shot their way into the school, and killed three students and three adults. The massacre reignited debates about how

Steve Martin and Alison Brown are back with another banjo-heavy song, recorded with a group of Nashville heavy hitters. It's one that tells the story of a touring musician's life, 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back, which the banjo duo wrote

Talk about lonely... How lonely? Lonely As It Gets. That's the message in the latest Pinecastle Records single from Wilson Banjo Co, which serves as the title track of their current EP. According to songwriters Rick Lang and Jon Goldfine, it gets plenty lonely when

Traditional bluegrass stalwart Junior Sisk, and his fine band, is set to release his first single for Turnberry Records on Friday, March 28, but we have a premiere today for our readers. Sweeter Than Tupelo Honey comes from songwriters Bob Minner

Florida's Remedy Tree has released a music video for Adaline, their current single for Mountain Fever Records. Like most of their material, the song was written by guitarist/vocalist Gabriel Acevedo, and tells of a chance encounter between a young man and

Laura Orshaw, Ron Block, Rick Faris, Mark Schatz, Stephen Mougin, and Dan Tyminskiat Dark Shadow Recording for the Bend Don't Break tracking session - photo © Jana Mougin Bluegrass singer, songwriter, guitarist, and luthier Rick Faris is hard at work on

Shelby Means, longtime bluegrass sidewoman now stepping out front, has a second single to share this year, her grass-inflected take on Lady Gaga's 2016 hit, Million Reasons. Now working with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway on bass, Shelby also performs with

Bob Minner, Rhonda Vincent, and John Meador at The Station Inn For his latest single, Bob Minner has taken a classic Osborne Brothers tune and given it a new side as a lonesome ballad.  Releasing a version of Listening to the Rain

John Meador, surely among the fastest rising stars in bluegrass, is making some career changes. Here is what he has to say about that, first regarding his time spent with Authentic Unlimited since their formation in 2022. "The guys in AU are