Music

Tim Stafford checked in this morning with news about the next Blue Highway CD. "We started our 9th studio project – not counting compilations – this week at Maggard's Studio in Big Stone Gap, VA, where we've worked on the last

Mountain Fever has released a single for their newest artist, Ashlee Blankenship and Blades of Blue. This young group from southwest Virginia is fronted by 23 year old vocalist Blankenship, with Joshua Underwood on banjo, Dustin Pyrtle on guitar, Jimmy Creed

We've sung the praises of guitarist Van Manakas here on Bluegrass Today, particularly with regard to his CD, Leavin' Tennessee, which he recorded with Butch Baldassari while Butch was still healthy enough to play his mandolin. It is a terrific

This post is a contribution from Steve Dilling. He will be chronicling IIIrd Tyme Out's west coast tour for Bluegrass Today in October, as he has done in the past. I am so glad to be able to keep a journal

A number of YouTube videos have been posted from Mountain Heart's fiery performance this past weekend at the Wildwood Park for the Arts/Lucy Lockett Cabe Theatre in Little Rock, AR. They offer a live look at a number of songs from

Dailey & Vincent have been riding high this past few years, winning awards, selling out shows, and garnering critical acclaim for their popular recordings. Their home-away-from-home, beloved tour bus The Mark, criss-crosses the country time and again, taking the band

The King James 1611 Boys, a gospel bluegrass band from the upstate of SC, have just released a new CD, Do What God Said Do. Recorded at Crossroads Studio, the new album includes 12 tracks, including two new band originals. A

When we predicted yesterday that word of more band changes to be forthcoming, we never expected this! Bryan Simpson has just announced his departure from Cadillac Sky, a band he has fronted since 2002, and which is closely associated with his

Right on time... The bluegrass band rotations start this time each year, sometime after IBMA, roughly coinciding with the baseball playoffs. Unrestricted free agency in bluegrass does create headaches for bandleaders, but it's not something that can be avoided in

This post is a contribution from Diane Farineua, who will be providing interviews with artists she encounters as part of her research for The Festival Project. See her profile here. We must forgive members of Crooked Still for not keeping their