Music

This post is the first in what will be an occasional feature - Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us.  Patrick McDougal was born and raised in Charleston, South

We received a note yesterday from Daniel Grindstaff, banjo player with Marty Raybon. He had a very special opportunity come his way just after Christmas and wanted to share the story with everyone here on Bluegrass Today. Bobby Osborne was scheduled

Grasstowne has announced that Travis Greer will be joining the group on bass and harmony vocals. At 24 years of age, Travis has already spent several years playing bluegrass music, having grown up around the music and playing in church. His

Fred Bartenstein, long time bluegrass radio personality, historian and photographer, is offering several hundred vinyl LPs from his extensive collection for sale online. These include both bluegrass and traditional country albums, many of them iconic releases and some not available on

This past Friday (12/26) was Darrell Webb's first show with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - and it was on The Grand Ole Opry! Their publicist, Kimberly Williams, was on hand and got a couple of photos of the band, as well

Mel Bay Publications has released a new book/CD package from Tony Trischka, called Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo. Dozens of tunes most commonly played on the fiddle are arranged for 3 finger banjo, encompassing music from the American and

At the same time as announcing the signing of Johnny Williams, Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, advised me of the signing of the new bluegrass gospel group Wheeler from Weber City, Virginia. Wheeler was established in April of this year

The Americana Music Association has recently published its Top 100 Albums for November 19, 2007 through to November 10, 2008. In keeping with the success at the Americana award show on September where Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won the Album

Happy Traum, founder of Homespun Tapes, has posted a free lesson online as a Christmas gift for the many guitarists who have supported his company since it was formed in 1967. The song is Joy To The World, arranged for fingerstyle

Mickey Harris has released his fourth solo project, Dog House Blues, a fitting title for a bass player's CD don't you think? Mickey has spent the past 7 years on bass with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, also singing harmony and