Music

  • Pete Goble – health update

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    Chris Cairns just sent along a note with an update on Pete Goble's health. Pete underwent back surgery last Tuesday and then suffered a blood clot in his lungs. He was put on a ventilator machine and was in critical

  • Circuit Riders debut CD on Pinecastle

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    Brance posted earlier this year about the first release from The Circuit Riders, made up of former members of the final edition of The Country Gentlemen prior to Charlie Waller's untimely passing. Charlie's son, Randy Waller, has maintained The Country

  • No more String Cheese

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    Just as fans of alt-acoustic supergroup Nickel Creek have had to adapt to the news that they are hanging it up next year, jamgrass followers are faced with the word that String Cheese Incident has announced plans to disband in

  • Tony Rice & Peter Rowan – Quartet

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    Cybergrass has a story announcing a January 23, 2007 release date for the new CD from Peter Rowan and Tony Rice. The CD is to be titled Quartet and will, of course, feature Rice and Rowan, along with Sharon Gilchrist

  • No Speed Limit In Japan

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    Well, that's a bit misleading I suppose. They do, I'm sure, have speed limits in Japan. The band No Speed Limit is not traveling to Japan anytime soon that I am aware of. They are, however, being listened to there.

  • The Skylighters debut CD released

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    A couple of familiar names may entice you to consider the debut, self-titled CD from The Skylighters, a DC-area band who combine bluegrass, western swing, gospel and honky-tonk music. Jimmy Gaudreau on mandolin/vocals and Mike Auldridge on dobro will catch

  • Larry Sparks joins McCoury Music

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    CMT.com is reporting that Larry Sparks' next album will be released on the McCoury Music label. The album is being produced by Don Rigsby and a spring 2007 release is planned. Larry has a style all his own, both with his

  • Boston Globe features Crooked Still

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    Continuing our print media bluegrass news roundup... This past Friday's edition of The Boston Globe carried a feature by Globe staffer Joan Anderman on Crooked Still, an innovative Boston-based acoustic quartet which we have lauded in recent months. What makes this group