Music

Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen will have a new CD early next year. Entitled Keeper Of The Flame, it is expected to be released in January '06 on Lendel Records. As most of our readers will recall, Randy is the

We just heard from Kenny Smith that Zak McLamb is now officially the new bass player in The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Zak has been filling in with the band since Alan Bartram left to join The Del McCoury

This post is a contribution from Brad Davis. Brad is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has worked with a literal who's-who of bluegrass music. Visit Brad online at braddavismusic.com. Billy Bob Thornton the actor for Armageddon, Sling

FiddleFork Online is a popular web community frequented by fiddlers, and students of the instrument. The site features content of interest to string musicians including an active bulletin board style discussion forum. FiddleFork has over 7500 registered members and is

Chicago Tribune columnist, and long-time bluegrass fan, David Royko is back with his annual list of the Best Recordings in Bluegrass for 2005. This year's list includes some old and new, as Royko mentions both new releases and a couple

The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall is offering a fabulous opportunity for exceptional young bowed and fretted string musicians as a part of their Professional Training Workshops series. Entitled The Edgar Meyer Workshop: Porous Borders of Music, the workshop

We just got a note from the guys in Cornbread Red about their recent release on CMH Records, Pickin' On Def Leppard - A Bluegrass Tribute. A mention of the CD has showed up on the official Def Leppard web

The 4th Annual American Banjo Camp, run by Ken Perlman and Peter Langston, is now accepting registration for the 2006 sessions. Intense instruction is offered in both old time and bluegrass banjo, with plenty of opportunities for jamming as well.

3 Fox Drive will be headed west next month, with a number of show dates in California in mid-January of '06. The Nashville-based bluegrass band will be stopping in Tuolomne, Berkeley, Los Gatos and Redding between January 18-21. They will be

We have word from Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out about a number of new releases from the band expected in 2006. They filmed a live show last month at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonburg, KY - the venue where