Music

The entire bluegrass world was shocked when Audie Blaylock died unexpectedly earlier this year. Only 61 years of age, he had been present in professional bluegrass all of the past four decades, and in such a highly visible way, that

This past Saturday, Authentic Unlimited hosted their first of soon to be many annual Christmas shows at the Field of Dreams Activity Center in Dandridge, TN.  Before the show, Jerry Cole's longtime friend, John Williams, led off with a reading of

The Burnett Sisters Band have a new song to share with a dismal title, Sorrow, Grief and Pain, written by their guitarist, Geary Allen. It's their latest single for Pinecatle Records. The title may suggest dreariness, but it's a high-energy, minor

Veteran guitarist, vocalist, and solo artist Jim Hurst has released a music video as his 2024 offering for the Christmas season. It's a lovely treatment of the classic hymn, Silent Night, which he recorded with his Gallagher Jim Hurst Signature Series

Here's some wonderful news for fans of the inimitable John Hartford, one of the giants of bluegrass and old time music, who left us with a wealth of songs and tunes when he died in 2011. Thankfully his daughter, Katie

Have you ever purchased a CD for yourself or as a gift and discovered it is also benefiting those who served our country? Well, you can do just that this year if you buy a copy of Home for the

Dale Ann Bradley at the Art of Music Festival - photo © Michael Duncan Pinecastle Records has a new single this week for Dale Ann Bradley, six-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and surely among the most beloved bluegrass artists

Is it really Christmas time until we listen to Christmas Time's A-Comin'? Banjo Ben Clark and several members of the staff at Banjo Ben's General Store, have just released a video with their version of the Tex Logan classic, recorded by

With their latest single, Nefesh Mountain joins the many artists who have recorded tributes to greatest hero of bluegrass guitar, the one and only Tony Rice. Man of Manzanita, written and sung by Eric Lindberg, offers another heartfelt appreciation for the

It's band member trading season again in the bluegrass world, and today we have word that Anthony Howell is the new guitarist with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, Anthony had been playing banjo with the Edgar Loudermilk Band,