Music

Put me in coach... I'm ready to sing! Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have been tapped to sing the National Anthem at the opening game of the SEC football season. The Gamecocks of South Carolina visit Nashville on August 30

Canadian bluegrass/Americana trio Tiller's Folly have picked up a prestigious award in the 11th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Poll. Their song, Death & Taxes, placed first in the Social Cause category, with online votes tallied from more than 60,000

The Jimmy Haynes Band has released a debut recording, Still Hangin' On. The newly-formed group from Northern Ohio is based around the singing and playing of founders Jimmy and Enola Haynes. Jimmy is on mandolin and Enola bass, with assistance from

Compass Records in Nashville has announced the signing of The Hillbenders, the young Missouri-based band whose motto is "making bluegrass hip again, one day at a time." They have made their name the old fashioned way, with a raucous stage show

Judging from the mail I got this week, it seems that people like to read about practicing about as much as they like to practice. A full month of interviews of people who like to practice is pushing it, I know,

A powerful trio of bluegrass all-stars have announced plans for a special project, with work set to begin in the near future. Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby and Kenny Smith performed together as members of Lonesome River Band in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Grasstowne is about to head back in the studio to get started on a new project for Rural Rhythm. Mandolinist and band leader Alan Bibey told us that a debut single would be released by IBMA, with the full project due

It appears that all is not well with popular Massachusetts band, Acoustic Blue. Since 2006, they have released a half dozen albums, most recently Bein' Country from earlier this year. Artistic differences seem to be at the root of the band's dissolution,

Straight From Bluegrass Hill is the name of the debut album from North Carolina's Rockford Express. The band has been picking together for six years, growing out of a regular jam in Yadkinville, just west of North carolina's famed Research Triangle.

Matt Wallace has been announced as the newest member of The StillHouse Band, fronted by Mark Newton and Steve Thomas. A native of Knoxville, TN, Wallace has spent years working with a variety of bluegrass acts, including David Parmley, Paul Williams