Music

This post 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 students following

We posted last month about British bluegrass twins The Carrivick Sisters competing on the Upstaged program on BBC TV. The show is a talent competition and Laura and Charlotte were selected to compete in the finals after their initial appearances. The

Having spent 24 years in the U.S. Navy, 20 years and 7 months with Country Current, Wayne Taylor retired to civilian life on March 21, 2008. What does that mean for a bluegrass musicians? Wayne is in Nashville this week at

Jim Roe of Roe Entertainment, based in Owensboro, Kentucky, has announced the addition of Rounder Recording artists, The Freight Hoppers, an old time string band, to his already exciting roster of bluegrass bands. Those patient fans who had the pleasure of

After winning a Grammy this year for The Bluegrass Diaries, Jim Lauderdale has once again tapped the multi-talented Randy Kohrs to produce his next bluegrass effort. Lauderdale is currently touring in support of his newest CD Honey Songs (a more-or-less country

Larry Sparks is set to release his new, all-Gospel CD, I Don't Regret A Mile, on March 27. After his last two critically-acclaimed projects, 40 and The Last Suit You Wear - both of which featured Larry with a great many

"I will know my Saviour when I come to Him by the mark where the nails have been." Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent joined forces only very recently and memories of an earlier Gospel recording meant that the expectations of their

David Parmley started playing bluegrass professionally when he was a 17 year old, when he joined his father, banjoist Don Parmley in the Bluegrass Cardinals. He has been leading Continental Divide since 1994 when his father retired. This new combination

Where No One Stands Alone is Paul Williams' seventh album for Rebel Records; all have been in the bluegrass Gospel style. That has been Williams' chosen path for several years now, since retiring from his day job. He has been

Sugar Hill has announced June 10 as the release date for the new project from The Infamous Stringdusters. The CD was produced by Tim O'Brien, and contains 13 tracks, most of them written within the band, including three hot instrumentals. Oddly