Music

2009 has been kind to Lonesome River Band so far. Their latest CD, No Turning Back, has been lighting up the bluegrass charts, holding the current #1 spot on both the album and singles spots in the Bluegrass Unlimited July

The Grascals have put together an informal video to keep their fans up to date with all their comings and goings this year. Jamie Johnson, Terry Eldridge and Danny Roberts take turns interviewing each other as they talk about visiting

Bluegrass Today always pays special attention where young pickers are concerned. The education and nurturing of our next generation of bluegrass artists is a matter of great concern to many formerly young people such as myself who care deeply about

Marty Raybon is next up on the Bluegrass Junction Track-By-Track show on Sirius-XM, starting this morning (7/1) at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). He and host Kyle Cantrell will play through all 14 tracks of Marty's new CD, This, That & The Other,

Just yesterday we mentioned that The Abrams Brothers would have a live CD out this year, and we now see that they have a major studio project in the works as well. This Canadian teen bluegrass trio has hooked up with

If you follow Nothin' Fancy's newsletter, you will have noted the sad story they told in the March '09 issue. It was a tale of vehicular woe, in which a wheel from their long-suffering van came rolling off and passed

Darrell Webb has left Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and announced that he is forming his own group. His last show with Michael was on June 21, and Darrell has most of his new band already in place. Matt Leadbetter will be

Initially launched a subscription service, the McCoury Music Club now allows for non-subscribers to purchase individual live shows from The Del McCoury Band without being a subscriber. Delheads can choose to subscribe and receive one show download per month, or

Mastershield Records has released a new CD from Darren Beachley, which consists of songs previously released in limited circulation. As the title, Sad Songs and Sunday Mornings, suggests, the album is a mix of sacred and secular material. Tracks include I

Charlie Poole and Loudon Wainwright III are two names you might not expect to find in close proximity. In fact, unless you were a follower of pop music in the 1970s or a serious student of old time string music