Three Bells commemorates Mike Auldridge

Mike Auldridge has been lionized as a giant of the slide resonator guitar for many years, long before he died just after Christmas in 2012. From his early days in the Washington, DC bluegrass scene through his time with Seldom Scene, Chesapeake, and his own stellar solo recordings, Mike was the most influential player of [...]

Jerry Douglas at the Musician Portrait Project

Jerry Douglas is the latest artist to be featured in the Musician Portrait Project, a series of moving portraits by photographer Derek Brad. In each portrait, Brad uses a high definition video camera to create a brief black & white video portrait of prominent musical artists. His subjects are given wide latitude in how they [...]

Never Thought of Looking Back – Terry Baucom

When banjo players release solo albums, they often choose to showcase their skill and speed with a selection of instrumental tracks. They tear into Scruggs tunes, offer unique originals, and perhaps throw in some more progressive tracks for good measure. The focus is on the banjo. Terry Baucom, however, has chosen to go in a [...]

Aubrey Haynie gets some Subaru love

For the past few weeks, a song from Aubrey Haynie's 2000 Sugar Hill album, A Man Must Carry On, has been featured as the musical bed for a Subaru commercial airing on national television in the US. The song is a Haynie original, Happy Go Lucky, that features him on mandolin and fiddle, with Bryan Sutton [...]

Last batch of DelFest photos

Here's our last gallery of photos from DelFest 2013, taken by Gina Proulx. Fear not DelFesters... only 50 weeks to next year's event.  

Punch Brothers, bluegrass All Stars at Wide Open Bluegrass

The International Bluegrass Music Association has begun to announce the scheduled performers for the 2013 Wide Open Bluegras Festival, their weekend concert event that follows the conclusion of the World of Bluegrass Business Conference and International Bluegrass Music Awards in September. This 2 day festival, formerly known as Fan Fest, will be held in the [...]

New album coming from Ruth Moody

Red House Records is pleased to announce the May 7 US release of These Wilder Things, the new solo album from Juno-Award winning songwriter Ruth Moody. A founding member of the Billboard-charting folk super-group The Wailin’ Jennys, Moody is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. An impressive follow-up to her [...]

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