Music

After touring of late as a four piece group, Audie Blaylock has announced the addition of Jason Wood from Statesville, NC on mandolin. In addition to being a talented young mandolinist and guitarist, Jason has the rare distinction of being

Grace Van't Hof, one of our past (and hopefully future) correspondents for Bluegrass Today, tells us that she has started pre-production work on a new solo project. She is a free-lance banjo picker and graphic artist in Boston who helped cover

Noted bluegrass/Americana songwriter Louisa Branscomb is set to release her 9th album on April 26 for Compass Records. I’ll Take Love combines Lousia's compositions with some of the finest vocalists in bluegrass (Dale Ann Bradley, Claire Lynch, Steve Gulley,

Grasstowne has put together a tongue-in-cheek video to promote their new Rural Rhythm CD, Kickin' Up Dust. It finds the guys in "fat cat" mode, waxing eloquent about the joys of rail travel from a converted passenger car at the Flagler

The International Bluegrass Music Association has a couple bits of news to announce this week, both with a focus on cold hard cash. They have an online sales seminar scheduled for April 19, designed to help anyone whose work in the

McCoury Music has released a new CD featuring bluegrass superstars the Del McCoury Band and New Orleans' jazz traditionalists, Preservation Hall Jazz Band. American Legacies puts these two legendary ensembles together for 12 tunes that blend bluegrass and New Orleans jazz,

The Farewell Drifters are looking at June 7 for the release of Echo Boom, their second album for Crash Avenue, and fourth overall. Their music has always been based on original songs written by the members, and this new project continues

A debut video from NewFound Road's upcoming Rounder album, Live At The Down Home, has been released online. This project was - you guessed it - recorded live at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN on December 4, 2010. It

Special Consensus has announced that Dustin Benson is the new guitarist with the band. He is replacing Ryan Roberts, who had been with Special C since the Fall of 2009. Dustin is a native of South Alabama, and comes from a

The resurrected Pinecastle Records has announced a digital re-release of ten classic albums originally found on the Webco label. Pinecastle had acquired Webco back in 1993, and these reissues involve both then-existing catalog items and subsequent anthologies. These include albums