Music

I had a chance last week to speak with Punch Brothers banjo maestro Noam Pikelny about his new solo project, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail, due from Compass October 25. He was very frank in discussing the album,

Anya Hinkle didn’t set out to break the rules. She honed her edgy vocal style and expressive fiddling on old time music in Virginia and might never have strayed if she hadn’t moved to Asheville, N.C., in the middle of

Del McCoury really wants you to check out his new album, Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe, which as the title suggests, is a tribute to Big Mon. The entire project is available for audio streaming from his web site.

Since its founding in 1982 by Jack Tottle, the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) has helped to further the careers of many of today’s prominent bluegrass and country musicians, including Adam Steffey,

What do you get when you mix swing fiddle, 3 finger banjo, sock guitar rhythm and bluegrass bass together with a sincere passion and facility with both bluegrass and western swing music? In at least one case, you find yourself

Anyone who is new to bluegrass – listener, artist, writer, producer – and many who have been doing it for years, should be required to listen to Sounds of Home, the new release from Blue Highway on Rounder. Everything about this

There is a lot of bluegrass-style music coming out of Colorado these days, a tradition that seems to have started back in the early 90's with Leftover Salmon, followed by the String Cheese Incident. Yonder Mountain String Band 'tied the room together' (ala

Rebel Records has released a debut single from Lost Souls and Free Spirits, the upcoming compilation "plus" project from Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. The single is Final Farewell, written by Chris and his long-times bassist, Jon Weisberger. It's one

This Unknown Science, the latest CD from Boston's Joy Kills Sorrow is now available for sale online. The group is one of many adventurous string bands to emerge from Beantown's steaming cauldron of young acoustic musicians. They utilize the familiar bluegrass

Is there room for another Bill Monroe tribute project during the remainder of this, the year of his Centennial Celebration? I think there is. Coming on October 18 is Skippin' and Flyin', an appreciation of Monroe from West Coast fiddler, vocalist