Music

Richard Thompson, our enterprising British corespondent, has found a mandolin gem he recommends to eight stringers worldwide. Lou Martin, born 1944, mandolin disciple of both Bill Monroe and Ralph Rinzler, has published his third book devoted to the teaching and understanding

When Emmy Lou Harris appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, September 17, she'll have John Starling & Carolina Star in tow as her special guests. They will be performing a vocal version of Get Up John

Charlie Daniels got his start on pop radio in 1973 with Uneasy Rider, a tongue-in-cheek story of a long-haired country boy on a cross country trip who ran into some trouble in a Mississippi tavern. It was delivered in a

Here's a CD release for fans of old-time fiddling. Marcus Martin is considered one of the finest old-time fiddle players from western North Carolina. His legendary fiddling style can now be heard on a new CD produced by the Southern Folklife

Cornbread Red has a new CD of bluegrass tributes, this one for rock music legend Bob Seger. Runnin' Against The Wind features their take on Seger classics like Night Moves, We've Got Tonight, Like A Rock and Against The Wind. Cornbread

When the roll is called of the all-time greatest fiddlers in bluegrass, the name of Benny Martin will always be included. He was a member of the Flatt & Scruggs show for several years in the early 1950s, and also

Brance posted last month with information about Jim Lauderdale's latest release, The Bluegrass Diaries, due for a September 18 release on Yep Roc Records On Wednesday (9/05), Jim will join XM Satellite Radio's Kyle Cantrell on Bluegrass Junction for the World

Jayme Stone is a banjo player who has defied a great many of the expectations associated with the instrument. His music mixes the 3 finger style passed to him from the bluegrass tradition with a harmonic sense that encompasses traditional

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story last week about Czech bluegrass band Druha Trava, who are touring in the US and Canada through the rest of September. The Gazette's Nate Guidry interviewed Robert Krestan, who founded the group in 1991 about

Rebel Records continues to make notable recordings from their back catalog available as download-only releases via iTunes. Two new titles have been added to their digital catalog this month. Blue Sparks is a 1983 release from Larry Sparks with Jim Heffernan