Music

Another CD we should have included in Brance's New CDs post yesterday is the debut recording from Wayne Scott, This Weary Way. Wayne is the father of noted songwriter, Darrell Scott, who has made it a personal project to see

We've been running updates every so often with news about bluegrass bands and artists who are developing a presence on MySpace.com, the network of "friends" which has become a particularly hot property, and an occasionally controversial, Internet destination. You can

Here's a weekend post featuring several new CD releases. My Rememberance Of You - Diana Jones Offering her listeners a rare gift of original songs with uncommon depth and beauty infused with time-honored values of traditional American Music, Diana Jones has been

Noted bassist, old time banjo player and folk dance enthusiast Mark Schatz maintains a very informative web site which he updates periodically with news about his various activities in the music world. He has just recently posted a wealth of

We have posted many times about the online magazine, Silver Strings, published monthly by Angie Sumpter for new pickers getting started on banjo later in life. Angie puts herself in that category, and started the magazine after meeting other folks

The guest for tonight's Song Writer Chat at Bluegrass Guide's web site will be Becky Buller. The chat starts at 8:00 p.m. and instructions to log in can be found on their web site. Becky currently is the fiddler with Valerie

We heard yesterday from Art Blackburn with Monroe Crossing that they are in need of a banjo player, as Jeff Whitson has decided to move back home to Arkansas. The band is based in Ramsey, MN and works close to

We just heard from Casey and Chris Henry that their new CD, Get Along Girl, is to be released May 7th, 2006 on Arrandem Records. The CD features a total of thirteen tracks, eight of which were written by Casey

Sam Bush has a new CD expected on June 13th from Sugar Hill Records. The project is called Laps In Seven, and includes guest appearances from Emmy Lou Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty and Tim O'Brien. No audio samples yet on the Sugar

A popular release for Sound Art Recordings was last year's Happy Land - Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder, which featured an overview of traditional string and folk music that figured in the various Wilder books. One of the touches