Music

Cahalen Morrison and Eli West occupy an interesting space at the intersection of old time and bluegrass music. Working as a duo on a variety of banjos, guitars and mandolins, they seamlessly merge the traditions that grew among the Appalachian

I'm not sure there's a more enduring figure in bluegrass music that Paul Williams. In fact he's almost a walking history of the genre. Williams has been in the thick of it since the 1950s, working with groups like The Lonesome

Cory Piatt, the talented young mandolinist with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, has recently completed a solo project. Entitled Daydreams, the album will be released this summer by Patuxent Music. Piatt tells us that he has been working on finishing this

Also hitting today is the latest Rural Rhythm project from Audie Blaylock and Redline. Blaylock is featured on lead vocals and guitar, with Jessie Brock on mandolin, Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Russ Carson on banjo and Jason Moore on bass. Hard Country

David Grisman has released a new project featuring tracks he recorded with The Del McCoury Band in the 1990s. Del and Dawg - Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House includes 16 tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. The album is

West Virginia-based Lonesome Highway is in shock after learning that bass player, Cody Brown, and his girlfriend Anna Piel were seriously injured returning home early Sunday morning from band appearances over the weekend. According to banjo player John Arnold, Cody fell

We had written a few times over the past two years about talented young fiddler, vocalist and songwriter Kate Lee, starting when she was still in high school where she grew up near Rochester, NY. Kate is a rising junior at

Pete Winne's will be a familiar name to folks in bluegrass radio. He worked that circuit for Rebel Records for a time, but is now focused on a rootsy Americana group, Tumbling Bones, with whom he performs. They have a new

We caught up with Ron Block this week, and he tells us that he has started work on a new solo recording - as he has breaks in the Alison Krauss & Union Station tour schedule this summer. He says that

If you're from New York City, someone from 'upstate New York' is basically like someone from 'anywhere else.'  If you're a bluegrass band from 'Upstate New York,' you're not like anybody, from anywhere else. Altamont, NY-based Fairview Avenue is a testament