When the Steep Canyon Rangers started playing together, they had no intention of becoming a band, much less professional musicians. Banjo player and singer Graham Sharp met guitarist Woody Platt while both were students at the University of North Carolina. Their acoustic jam sessions attracted mandolin picker Mike Guggino, and soon led to regular gigs. [...]
Yep Roc Records has released a third single from their upcoming project with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Arm In Arm. It's a new song from banjo man Graham Sharp, Honey On My Tongue, who says it shares a sentiment that is common among young parents as they realize that thy can't live their children's lives [...]
Live bluegrass music is coming back, slowly but surely, as fans, artists, and promoters find creative ways to present it a safe and secure environment. While some will prefer to stay away from all gatherings for an indeterminate time, many others are eager to attend shows when and where they can. Folks in western North [...]
Late last week when we were all at SPBGMA in Nashville, Steve Martin appeared on The Late Show on CBS television with The Steep Canyon Rangers. They performed their new single, California, with Steve on banjo. [jwplayer player="7" mediaid="117862"] Well done, boys! California is available from Rounder Records wherever you stream or download music online.
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers have a new single, one Steve wrote called California, which he tells us they did "just for fun." Of course, it has a comic twist, but all in all, this is a serious song about someone who has run off to California and is hoping his true love [...]
It goes without saying that the Steep Canyon Rangers are in the forefront of those artists who have helped in the transition from bluegrass to grassicana, sharing their reverence for their roots while establishing their own contemporary credence. There’s no more ideal example of that dedication to cause than this live eight song set recorded [...]
We have a bunch of new music to share today, starting with this live video that The Steep Canyon Rangers recorded earlier this year at MerleFest. It's their reimagining of one of the most iconic blues numbers in the jazz canon, Blue Monk, written by the great pianist, Thelonious Monk, in the '60s. A tune [...]
This past weekend the Steep Canyon Rangers packed up a dozen members of the Asheville Symphony and headed to Nashville to meet up with Philadelphia soul legends, Boyz II Men, for the live debut of their new joint single, Be Still Moses. While at Music City's Schermerhorn Center they recorded the performance for a live [...]
The Steep Canyon Rangers have used their increased visibility and mainstream cred in the music industry to release a new Gospel single as a collaboration with R&B superstars, Boyz II Men. It's not as unlikely a pairing as you might initially think. Boyz got their start as an a cappella singing group, and rose to [...]
Steve Martin and Martin Short, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers, entertained the crowd at the Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City with a captivating performance of comedy, laced with extraordinary bluegrass music. Photographs were flashing like a time machine on the big screen above Martin and Short's heads. As they took the [...]
When the Steep Canyon Rangers started playing together, they had no intention of becoming a band, much less professional musicians. Banjo player and singer Graham Sharp met guitarist Woody Platt while both were students at the University of North Carolina. Their acoustic jam sessions attracted mandolin picker Mike Guggino, and soon led to regular gigs. [...] 
Yep Roc Records has released a third single from their upcoming project with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Arm In Arm. It's a new song from banjo man Graham Sharp, Honey On My Tongue, who says it shares a sentiment that is common among young parents as they realize that thy can't live their children's lives [...] 
Live bluegrass music is coming back, slowly but surely, as fans, artists, and promoters find creative ways to present it a safe and secure environment. While some will prefer to stay away from all gatherings for an indeterminate time, many others are eager to attend shows when and where they can. Folks in western North [...] 
Late last week when we were all at SPBGMA in Nashville, Steve Martin appeared on The Late Show on CBS television with The Steep Canyon Rangers. They performed their new single, California, with Steve on banjo. [jwplayer player="7" mediaid="117862"] Well done, boys! California is available from Rounder Records wherever you stream or download music online. 
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers have a new single, one Steve wrote called California, which he tells us they did "just for fun." Of course, it has a comic twist, but all in all, this is a serious song about someone who has run off to California and is hoping his true love [...] 
It goes without saying that the Steep Canyon Rangers are in the forefront of those artists who have helped in the transition from bluegrass to grassicana, sharing their reverence for their roots while establishing their own contemporary credence. There’s no more ideal example of that dedication to cause than this live eight song set recorded [...] 
We have a bunch of new music to share today, starting with this live video that The Steep Canyon Rangers recorded earlier this year at MerleFest. It's their reimagining of one of the most iconic blues numbers in the jazz canon, Blue Monk, written by the great pianist, Thelonious Monk, in the '60s. A tune [...] 
This past weekend the Steep Canyon Rangers packed up a dozen members of the Asheville Symphony and headed to Nashville to meet up with Philadelphia soul legends, Boyz II Men, for the live debut of their new joint single, Be Still Moses. While at Music City's Schermerhorn Center they recorded the performance for a live [...] 
The Steep Canyon Rangers have used their increased visibility and mainstream cred in the music industry to release a new Gospel single as a collaboration with R&B superstars, Boyz II Men. It's not as unlikely a pairing as you might initially think. Boyz got their start as an a cappella singing group, and rose to [...] 
Steve Martin and Martin Short, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers, entertained the crowd at the Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City with a captivating performance of comedy, laced with extraordinary bluegrass music. Photographs were flashing like a time machine on the big screen above Martin and Short's heads. As they took the [...] 