Music

Today (February 9) sees the release of the long-awaited new CD from The Chapmans, Grown Up (A Revisionist History). It marks the 20th year of this family band, featuring brothers John on guitar and lead vocals, Jeremy on mandolin, Jaso on

A recent release from Homespun Video, Jens Kruger's Banjo Method For Beginners, subtitled An Easy and Joyful Way to Start Picking, is available on DVD for all regions. Kruger is a Swiss banjo virtuoso who has gained a considerable amount of

Big Country Bluegrass debuted their new song, The Boys In Hats and Ties, at the Good Home Grown Music booth at the SPGBMA Convention yesterday (2/6). The song will be featured as the #1 cut for their upcoming album, Back

Aaron Ramsey, the newest, youngest and most deep-voiced member of Mountain Heart, is finishing up his second solo CD. His debut, self-titled album was released in 2006 when Aaron was 20 years old, and current plans are to have the

The Statler Brothers joined Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent yesterday (2/3) at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville to celebrate the release of Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers. Dailey & Vincent offered a live

Stop me if you've heard this story before... A talented young bluegrass picker makes a name for themself with regional groups, gets a shot at touring with some bigger acts, and moves to Nashville. Bigger things start to happen musically, but

Josh Shilling sent us a copy of the latest piece for his D'Addario Strings blog. It appears that the Mountain Heart boys get to spend a week in the Caribbean next month. Tough duty! He doesn't mention it in his blog,

Sugar Hill has announced, perhaps with a touch of irony, that the new CD from The Infamous Stringdusters will be released on 4/20. Things That Fly marks something of a departure for the band, as they chose to work Gary Paczosa

Playing jazz on the five string banjo is a daunting task. The instrument is not laid out well for the sort of long, linear passages common in jazz, and not many banjo players have done the homework necessary to really

Out this week is the latest CD offering from one of bluegrass music's hottest bands, Dailey & Vincent. The boys have just released Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers. The CD is part of the Cracker Barrel Old Country