Music

This evening, November 23, will find The Infamous Stringdusters on the stage of The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, making their debut performance on the venerable radio broadcast. They will be featured in the 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. segment (EST), which

It seems that we are still playing catch-up, trying to make mention of the great many new CDs that have come our way this fall. Once again, I'll try to get to several more over this long holiday weekend. Time After

Keeping up with Randy Kohrs video and single for Who's Goin' With Me... His video is still in the running at the CMT Pure Top 20 Countdown, rated #4 this week against some steep mainstream country competition. The rankings are based

Students at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC have been learning a lot about bluegrass recently. In the fall of 2006 the university began offering a concentration in Appalachian Music: Roots and Influences from the College of Arts and Sciences for

NewFound Road is about to start working on a new CD. The first studio date is December 8, suggesting that a release in mid-to-late 2008 is reasonable. Mountain Heart's Jim Van Cleve will co-produce the new project with the band, and

We don't think about it often, but these instruments we use to create bluegrass music existed before Monroe. The banjo has arguably undergone some evolution in the last 100 years, but the mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and bass haven't changed that

Rhonda Vincent has announced that the newest member of her band will be Darrell Webb, performing on guitar and vocals. Darrell had previously been a member of Wildfire, J.D. Crowe & The New South and Lonesome River Band, playing mandolin. Rhonda

The winners of our recent Mountain Heart giveaway have all been contacted, and prizes are on the way. Thanks to everyone who participated in that promotion - downloading the free track from the band's newest CD, or entering the contest for

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. Next Great American Band on Friday night held the

Speaking of Cadillac Sky... Their first music video is set to debut tomorrow (11/18) on GAC TV. It's for the song, Born Lonesome, from their current Skaggs Family release, Blind Man Walking. C-Sky's Bryan Simpson said that working with director Roger Pistole