Music

Much of the bluegrass and acoustic music world has been buzzing this spring about Secrets, the debut CD from young phenom Sierra Hull - and rightly so. Just as folks in the business had been talking about Sierra for several

News from Missy Raines & The New Hip... Original guitarist Megan McCormick has departed to pursue a career in indie rock, and 17 year old Dillon Hodges - 2007 Winfield Flatpicking Champion - is stepping in. Missy shares the mixed feelings that

Some more information has emerged about, Leavin' Town, the upcoming Rounder CD from Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper. Rounder had previously announced that the CD would hit on July 29, and though there are no audio samples up yet online, we do

The Infamous Stringdusters, the sophomore effort from The Infamous Stringdusters, won't be in stores until June 10 - but it is available in the iTunes Music Store right now as a digital download. This pre-release arrangement also gets the CD prominence

When I was in college at South Plains College studying bluegrass music, a new record would often create a stir among the students. One of those records was Wyatt Rice's Santa Cruz. That album introduced me to the soulful singing

Ten years ago a CD was released that was probably the very first mashup to feature bluegrass music (mashed with some groovy funk). The CD was GrooveGrass 101, produced by Scott Rouse. This week Warner Brothers released the CD on iTunes

Former Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins has a new self-produced project which he has titled Seven Minutes In My Garage. Though not clearly stated, one gets the impression that he is the only musician involved. There isn't much descriptive information online,

As the professional members of the International Bluegrass Music Association are already aware, the first round ballots for the 2008 IBMA Awards have been mailed out. In years past, a list of eligible recordings was included with this ballot, to aid

Young fiddler Brandon Godman has been announced as the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing veteran sideman Alan Johnson who is taking work outside of music. Brandon has been busy this past few years working with Karl Shiflett, Wildfire

Kati Penn just wrote in to let us know about a couple new additions to her band. She has added Jimmy Redden on the 5-string banjo. Born in Soddy Daisy, TN, Jimmy has been playing the banjo since he was 10.