Streets, Rivers, Dreams & Heartaches – Gena Britt
Gena Britt is a veteran bluegrasser, one whose star has been continuing to rise over the last decade, in large part due to her membership in the acclaimed supergroup, Sister Sadie. Britt’s latest solo effort from Mountain Home, Streets, Rivers, Dreams & Heartaches, casts even greater light on her heartfelt vocals and masterful banjo playing. The project opens […]
Solomon Simon Dog Man Jack – new children’s book by Cindy Baucom
Cindy Baucom has been a popular figure i n the bluegrass world for some time. Serving as the host of the syndicated weekly radio program, Knee Deep in Bluegrass, she reaches music lovers all over the country with new and classic songs. She is also seen on stages in the southeast as a MC at […]
Tim Ellis passes
Tim Ellis on banjo with Jeff Tuttle on mandolin and Don White on guitar in the mid-1970s Michigan banjo player Tim Ellis died on November 10, following a series of debilitating kidney and heart issues. He was 67 years of age, and passed with his devoted family at his side. Tim started out on banjo at […]
More changes for Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
We have more news today about changes with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run. The band has been on a tear this past five years since emerging from the Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery in east Tennessee, where they performed in their earliest iteration. A debut album in 2020 gained them notice for an aggressive traditional sound, […]
Deering introduces 50th Anniversary limited edition banjo
To celebrate their founding in 1975, Deering Banjos has created a highly ornate, 50th Anniversary Limited Edition model banjo. It’s a strikingly beautiful instrument, made of high-grade curly maple with a bound ebony fingerboard and delicate, intricate fretboard inlays. Of course it’s gold plated and finished with Deering’s distinctive Sepia Burst stain. The rim is […]
Steve and Alison play The Tonight Show
Fresh off the release of their new album, Safe Sensible and Sane, Steve Martin and Alison Brown took their twin banjo sound to the stage of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night. They performed the instrumental, Let’s Get Out Of Here, with Steve on clawhammer banjo and Alison playing three-finger style. Supporting were […]
Foggy Mountain Rock video from Todd Taylor
Todd Taylor, the South Carolina banjo man in black, is back with a new video, this time covering a Flatt & Scruggs classic, Foggy Mountain Rock. This is one that was written by Josh Graves, the pioneering reso-guitar player with The Foggy Mountain Boys, with additional writer credits for Louise Certain and Gladys Stacey Flatt, […]
Drift – Wes Corbett
With a musical career boasting sideman positions with Molly Tuttle and Sam Bush among others, Wes Corbett has firmly established himself as one of the contemporary masters of the five string banjo. His latest solo release, Drift, is a continuation of the instrumental creativity demonstrated on 2020’s Cascade. The project opens with Case of the Mundes, a tune inspired by […]
Maple on the Hill from Tony Trischka and Sister Sadie
Down The Road Records has released a taste of banjo hero Tony Trischka’s next project, continuing with the Earl Scruggs tribute theme of his current album, Earl Jam. That record found Tony alongside some of the top performers in bluegrass, with Trischka playing transcriptions of Scruggs solos he had transcribed from live jam tapes. Here […]
Grant Blevins to BlueFaith on banjo
Here’s another example of the value and power of bluegrass music in college curricula. South Carolina’s BlueFaith band, who share their mix of bluegrass and gospel music all over the state, have announced the addition of Grant Blevins to the group on banjo. Grant is a May 2025 graduate of Clemson University, where he performed […]
