Music

Cadillac Sky is set to tour this fall as the opening act for Brit folk rockers Mumford and Sons when they come across to perform in the US and Canada. Their musical styles seem like a great mix, and the

After losing bass player and vocalist Corey Hensley to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Jim and Valerie Gabehart have regrouped and are putting the finishing touches on a new project, It's My Turn, recorded at Steve Thomas' Gain Train Studios in

Arising from the ashes like a phoenix, Pinecastle Records is back with new ownership, and a number of familiar faces. The label closed in February of this year when company President Tom Riggs' health failed, and the family made the decision

There is much to report from and about Punch Brothers, Chris Thile's merry band of alt-bluegrass pranksters. Their current Nonesuch album, Antifogmatic, has just been released on vinyl for all you audiophiles out there. It is packaged with a copy of

The Dixie Bee-Liners are about to depart for a weekend trip to England, and are asking their fans to consider helping them out with tour expenses. Shows are scheduled on Friday (8/13) at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Festival in Oxfordshire ,

Hot Rize hits the road again this fall for their first US tour in more than 10 years. They have a string of dates scheduled later this year with original members Pete Wernick on banjo, Tim O'Brien on mandolin/fiddle and

Kevin Prater has joined up with The Bluegrass Brothers on banjo. He had worked for some time with James King, playing mandolin and singing tenor, but had gotten his start as a banjo picker. Kevin had been working of late

Last month, Chatham County Line released their fifth CD, Wildwood, on Yep Roc Records. This recording further develops the band's unique sound. Describing themselves as too progressive for bluegrass traditionalists and to traditional for the alt-country crowd, the band has

Rich In Tradition will be in studio with Judith Burnette tomorrow evening on WBRF FM, broadcasting from Galax, VA. Judith tells us that they will be on this Saturday (8/7) during the nine o'clock hour (EDT). "We will be debuting their brand

We have confirmed that the Riggs family has found a buyer for Pinecastle Records, and that the company has been sold. An announcement from the new owners is expected to be made soon. The company closed up shop in February 2010