Music

Pete Frostic, mandolinist with Old School Freight Train, has published an instructional book that he feels will benefit students of the mandolin at any level. Mandolin Technique and Theory For All Levels is an 80 page spiral bound book written in

Rounder has put together an online video bio to introduce young mandolin sensation Sierra Hull in preparation for the upcoming release of her debut CD, Secrets, on May 6. The video mixes interview segments with both Sierra and co-producer Ron Block,

Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein, whose Rebel CD 2:10 Train was released earlier in March, are scheduled to tour with Emmylou Harris this summer. They will open for her starting in mid-June, with dates currently booked running through the end of

This is the first post in a series we will run this week reporting on how the sales of recorded bluegrass music in 2007 compared with the trends in the wider music industry. We won't be analyzing sales data directly,

This post (and photos) is a contribution from David Hollender, Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been a member of the ensemble department for several years, and teaching upright bass. He also teaches banjo for

Here's a follow up to our post earlier this week about Unlimited Tradition reforming: Shayne Bartley tells us that the band is now holding auditions for a bass player/tenor singer. He asks that anyone interested in the position should forward a

Bluegrass Today would like to wish a very happy 83rd birthday to George Shuffler. George was born April 11, 1925. Shuffler is viewed by many as a pivotal figure in the development of bluegrass guitar styles. He spent 18 years with

On Monday (4/14) we will start a multi-part series of posts comparing recorded music sales within the bluegrass world with what has been reported in the larger music industry. We interviewed Dave Freeman of Rebel Records, Ken Irwin of Rounder Records,

The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band has announced the release of their self-titled CD on RadioTherapy Records, a new label established by Martha and Eddie Adcock. The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band features Randy Waller, son of Charlie Waller, who, like his father,

We received a note recently from Shayne Bartley informing us that he and Ray Craft were in the process of reforming Unlimited Tradition. The band was a popular fixture on the festival circuit in the mid-to-late 1990s and officially disbanded