Music

The latest release from Mike Marshall & Darol Anger, Woodshop, is released today on Adventure Music. In addition to Anger on violins and Marshall on mandolins and guitar, the new project also features Phil Aaberg on piano, Aaron Johnston on percussion,

There is a new video from The Infamous Stringdusters up on YouTube. It was shot by Craig Havighurst while the band was touring in Colorado in April, and shows them doing an in-studio performance of Can't Get You Out Of My

Our friend Dale Morris sent along a note recently to let us know about a new CD from the Wolfe Bros., a fine old time band from Elk Creek, VA. The new project is Old Virginia Hills, released on Old

Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson and resonator guitarist David Miner are set to tour in Ireland from July 13-29, 2007. The tour will include concerts as well as workshops on Dobro and songwriting. You can find dates, info and links to their

Banjo player Bela Fleck has joined forces with jazz pianist Chick Corea to record a duet album set to be released May 22, 2007. Fleck has been innovating almost as long as he's been playing the banjo. He's delved into the

We posted in late March about a CD from John Prine and Mac Wiseman, Standard Songs for Average People. It was released last week (4/24) on Prine's Oh Boy Records, and there is an excerpt on YouTube of an interview

Mandolinist Butch Baldassari has partnered with guitarist John Mock to release a CD of Irish harp music. The CD is composed entirely of tunes written by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan who lived from 1670-1737. The CD is appropriately titled

Anytime I teach at banjo workshops - or spend time with serious beginner-to-intermediate pickers - I hear questions about the best way to learn something about music theory - the structure and "rules" that govern how we define musical tones

Guitarist James Alan Shelton has informed us that his new CD, Walking Down The Line, is finished and will be released May 22 on his own label, Sheltone Records. Shelton plays lead guitar for Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys.

CMT.com is reporting that McCoury Music has signed an exclusion distribution deal with RED Distribution. McCoury Music was formed to release the recordings of bluegrass superstar Del McCoury when he left Rounder Records in 2003. They are also set to release