Music

Rounder has announced August 23 for the release of Blue Highway's next album, entitled Sounds Of Home. This will be the 10th band project for this award-winning group, 17 years into their much-heralded career. I had a chance to catch up

Donna Ulisse is providing us with a diary from her visit to Russia with her band, The Poor Mountain Boys. The trip is by invitation from the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. Written from Moscow... The Poor Mountain Boys and myself have launched

Compass Records has announced August 30 as the release date for Somewhere South Of Crazy, the next album project for Dale Ann Bradley. As has become her custom, the record will include new compositions from Dale Ann and other top contemporary

We just received word from Tim Raybon, Marty's brother, about a change in their touring band - and upcoming auditions for a replacement. "Chris Davis, mandolin player and vocalist for Marty Raybon & Full Circle the last three years is pursuing

The new project from the Barcelona Bluegrass Band is now available to the US market through CD Baby. The band features noted Spanish banjoist Lluís Gómez, along with Joan Pau Cumellas on harmonica. Ricky Araiza and Albert Bello play guitar, Oriol

Bearfoot is giving away two free tracks on their Facebook page, both from their upcoming album, American Story, scheduled for an October release on Compass. Well, one is a track from the CD (When You're Away), and the other is a

If you follow the music scene that exists on the outer edges of bluegrass, acoustic, folk and Americana music, you are likely familiar with The Avett Brothers. What began as a trio with banjo prominently featured has developed into a

July 4 was a big day for Mountain Heart lead vocalist Josh Shilling. The band was booked to open for southern rockers Marshall Tucker Band in Josh's hometown of Martinsville, VA, at the fabled Martinsville Speedway. For several years before he

Darin & Brooke Aldridge have let loose a song from their upcoming So Much In Between CD, due August 16 from Crossroads. It was recorded by their road band, with Darin on guitar, Brooke on mandolin, Chris Bryant on banjo, Dwayne

The Boxcars and the Gibson Brothers have been crossing paths a lot lately, and not just on the festival circuit. Their current albums, the self-titled debut by the Boxcars and the Gibsons’ Help My Brother, have spent time at the