Music

Always be closing if you want the knife set! The Cadillac Sky boys are putting you to work, sending fans into the streets to peddle copies of their new CD, Letters in the Deep. They are holding a sales contest, with

Back in the late summer of 2008, we first shared news about country crooner Joe Diffie making a return to bluegrass music, from whence he came before Nashville made him a star in the 1990s. Rounder signed him to a

Just in time for the release of their next CD, Antifogmatic, Punch Brothers will begin a series of dates with banjo picker, actor and comedia Steve Martin on June 12 at the Ravina Festival near Chicago. They have a total

Tom Thomas, who operates the web site for The Flatt & Scruggs Preservation Society, has posted a discography of the band's many recordings, but singles and LPs - plus the more recent compilations. It was sent to the society by a

The Darrell Web Band will perform tomorrow (5/14) on Blue Plate Special, airing from Knoxville on WDVX. The show goes on at noon (EDT) as it does each weekday, featuring live performances on the radio. The band is Asa Gravley on

The second episode in The Farewell Drifters' song-by-song video countdown is out, offering a new track overview each week from their upcoming CD, Yellow Tag Mondays, due June 8. This week we get a taste of track #5, All We Need,

Brance had a great piece up in September last year about banjo player Patrick Costello, and how he regained his hearing after a successful surgical implant. Patrick had suffered hearing loss as a child, and yet taught himself how to

I've been enjoying the new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country, since I found a copy in yesterday's mail. Like their previous 3 albums, this one is a start-to-finish masterpiece, with innovative arrangements of traditional folk music and the band's

Do you know the name Mark Brinkman? Perhaps you know him by his nickname, Brink. Still not sure? If you're not certain you know Mark, you certainly know his music. His original songs have been recorded by Lonesome River Band, Larry

Each year in the month of May, the largest bluegrass event in Europe takes place, the European World of Bluegrass (EWOB). This year's event kicks off later this week, running May 13-15, 2010. Since IBMA recently announced the lineup of