Music

With the release of the new Punch Brothers CD only a week away, Chris Thile fans are eagerly awaiting the latest entry in his musical diary. This one has been a long time coming. I had the opportunity to speak with

I caught up with Lonesome River Band banjo picker Sammy Shelor today, and he filled me in on their next CD. Sam said that they have finished recording (14 tracks) and he will start mixing later this week. 13 tracks are

When a 16 year old bluegrass prodigy enlists some of the biggest names in the business to help record her debut project for a major independent label, it's fair to presume that we are looking at something special. Such is

As they have done several times in the past, The Infamous Stringdusters have made a number of live tracks available for free download from their MySpace page. The five songs were recorded at a show three weeks ago at Miami University

The Gospel Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 Dove Awards, and their bluegrass categories are chock full of familiar names. The awards will be announced at the 39th Annual Dove Awards on April 23 in Nashville, TN. The

For some Kathy Mattea is to West Virginia what Patty Loveless is to Kentucky, although the former hasn't embraced bluegrass music as has the latter - until now, perhaps. Raised near Charleston, West Virginia, Grammy-award winning singer Mattea is to release

Tony Trischka will be the featured guest on tomorrow's (2/15) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM, broadcast in the New York City metro area. He will join host Carol Beaugard for a discussion about his upcoming CD release, Territory, and

The International Songwriting Competition is nearing the announcement date of its winners for 2007. The field has been narrowed to 15 finalists in each genre category. The winners will be announced in April, 2008. Our friend Frank Solivan II is one

Gibson has been posting free instructional videos on their web site of late. Most of them have reflected the larger size of their market that comes from the world of rock music, but two mandolin lessons were posted recently. They are

Our friend Laura Leder from Cool Mandolin Company emailed recently to ask us to remind students of bluegrass and old time music - both here in the US, and in the UK and Europe - about Sore Fingers Week