Holiday Songs EP from Luke Bulla
Another fine new project for Christmas 2023 is Luke Bulla’s Holiday Songs EP, a collection of four pieces recorded entirely by himself. Luke is a fiddler and vocalist of noteworthy skill and dexterity who, though raised up in bluegrass, tends to perform primarily with pop and country artists (read: he gets paid). He did a […]
Photos from ROMP 2015
Shelly Swanger was on hand at ROMP 2015, and just sent us these images from the festival. Bryan Sutton video preview
Sugar Hill has released a video sampler for Bryan Sutton's latest CD, Into My Own. It was shot during his album release party last month at Carter Fine Guitars in Nashville with many of the artists who performed on the record. Bryan handles guitar and lead vocals with Noam Pikelny on banjo, Casey Campbell on [...] Hardest Kind of Memories from Brandon Lee Adams
Bluegrass singer, songwriter, and guitarist Brandon Lee Adams has released his first full-length album, Hardest Kind Of Memories. 10 of the 11 tracks are Brandon's, and he is assisted in the studio by top grassers like Scott Vestal on banjo, Randy Kohrs on resonator guitar, and Luke Bulla on fiddle. The material is mainstream contemporary [...] Noam & Friends 2013 video recap
To help promote the second stage of the Noam Pikelny & Friends tour, a video with highlights from the fall of 2013 has been released. The tour is primarily in support of Noam's stellar 2013 release, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, but it has blossomed into more of a band vibe. That's [...] Noam et al mashing it in B
For anyone who may have scoffed at Noam Pikelny's recent suggestion that he has been cramming on J.D. Crowe's music of late, we offer further proof in the form of this video shot backstage during his current tour. Noam is out with Barry Bales, Bryan Sutton, Luke Bulla, and Jesse Cobb to promote his new [...] Pikelny & Friends: This Ain’t A Hobby
In the bottom of Shriners' Old National Centre in Indianapolis, IN, a packed house was anxiously awaiting "the one and only second performance" of a band they'd never heard. Noam Pikelny with his friends Ronnie McCoury, Luke Bulla, Barry Bales, and Bryan Sutton took the stage on April 10 and proved, "This ain't a hobby." [...] Noam Pikelny announces 2013 tour
Noam Pikelny, banjo player with Punch Brothers, is set to use some downtime with the band this year to tour in support of his 2011 solo project, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. The record had been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Bluegrass Album category for 2013, an award that was given [...] Noam Pikelny Manchicken live video
Banjo wizard Noam Pikelny has posted a video from his ongoing tour in support of his current album, Beat The Devil and Carry a Rail. The video is for his original banjo tune, Manchicken, found on his 2004 CD, In The Maze. Assisting are Luke Bulla on fiddle, Sam Grisman on bass, Chris Eldridge on [...] 