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Not many people can claim to be multi-IBMA award winners; even fewer have nine Mandolin Player of the Year trophies sitting at home. Adam Steffey, currently of the Boxcars and formerly of Alison Krauss and Union Station, as well as several other top bluegrass groups, has influenced countless musicians with his modern traditional brand of [...]
Organic Records has released another video interview with Adam Steffey, prepared to help generate interest in his new album, New Primitive. The album is an interesting mix of musical styles, featuring Adam on mandolin and his wife, Tina, on clawhammer banjo along with a full band on many cuts. What makes the record unique is [...]
Adam's Steffey's new solo project, New Primitive, is out today on Organic Records, a newly-resurrected imprint of Crossroads Music. Most folks think of Adam as a bluegrass boy, from his time with such noted acts as Lonesome River Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, The Dan Tyminski Band, and now, The Boxcars. But [...]
There are not many music genres in which fans are able to consistently interact with their heroes face-to-face, and even less where stars and legends will willingly sit down and talk or play music with fans. Thankfully, bluegrass is one of those genres. It’s not uncommon for some of the most popular musicians to be [...]
North Carolina's mega-talented Snyder Family has released this brief video announcing the Spring release of their fourth album, Building Bridges. Those who have watched Samantha and Zeb Snyder since they were quite young will get a kick out of seeing these studio clips of them over the past five years. This bunch is succeeding in [...]
Crossroads Music has announced a June release for New Primitive, a new solo project from Adam Steffey, on their new imprint, Organic Records. It will feature the award-winning mandolinist with The Boxcars on a mix of old time and bluegrass music, playerd with some of his oldest friends, his closest companion, and a pair of [...]
John Bowman - fiddler, banjo picker and tenor vocalist with The Boxcars - has re-released his 2010 solo project, a bluegrass Gospel album called Family Chain. It is available now from his web site. Until coming off the road in 2006 to teach school, John was an active touring musician. He spent time as a member of [...]
Since its beginnings, bluegrass has been closely connected to Gospel music, with many performers choosing to always include one or two Gospel songs on their records. Entirely Gospel albums have also been quite popular with bluegrass fans. Vocalist Kelley Nelson, a southwest Virginia native who has led her own bluegrass band for the past several [...]
The Boxcars, two-time and reigning IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year, have recently completed recording for their next project, due this Spring from Mountain Home. The band's even more lavishly award-winning mandolinist, Adam Steffey, suggests that if you enjoyed their first two albums, this one will be to your liking as well. "We tracked the [...]
Virginia songwriter Kelley Nelson has released a single ahead of her upcoming album, In The Waiting. The song is The Son is Always With Me in the Mine, written by Sandy Shortridge. Steve Gulley produced the all-Gospel project, which was recorded at his studio, The Curve. Assisting were Tim Stafford on guitar, Sammy Shelor on banjo, Jamey Booher on [...]
