For several years I’ve been very tickled by Facebook posts from a wonderful bluegrass band from Italy called The Truffle Valley Boys. I’ve corresponded to give them my encouragement and to learn more about them. Matt Ringressi plays mandolin and … Read More
If you’ve at all followed the Americana/string band/bluegrass scene coming out of Asheville NC over the last decade or so you just may have come across Anya Hinkle’s distinctive vocals in the bands Dehlia Low and Tellico. The last couple … Read More
A New Landmark in Bluegrass Instrumental Projects This new recording is a Biggie – about as Big as possible. Destined to become a landmark I think. Mandolinist Mike Compton has been collecting and cross-referencing unrecorded mandolin tunes of Bill Monroe … Read More
Kim started life with an early love for music but got a bit of a late start in the professional music world; college, careers and family can do that to anyone. The advantage of that late start is that all … Read More
As we continue to deal with a pandemic that careens along like the mythical Hydra, it’s refreshing to know bands like The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys are continuing to write, record and ready themselves for the opportunity get out and entertain … Read More
Sometimes you just can’t beat the artist’s own website for an introduction! 🙂 “Hailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist John Cloyd … Read More
Chris Jones and the Night Drivers new album “Make Each Second Last” is undoubtedly a pandemic project, but many of the songs are “full of hope,” as the very first line on the first cut, “We Needed This Ride” suggests. … Read More
Dream Rich, Dirt Poor is Aaron’s 8th album. Which begs the question of why I haven’t heard of this great talent before? Aaron is an award winning singer-songwriter from western North Carolina, with influences ranging from Bob Dylan to the … Read More
Bluegrass music is an interesting spot in 2021. Perhaps for the first time since the 1990s, there are more well established “known entities” in the genre than ever. The number of highly technically proficient bands that emerged in the late … Read More
Late on a Saturday afternoon in August my mobile phone flashed a notification that I had received a message from Michael Sassano. “Hmm.. this should be good” I thought as I opened the note to find he had sent a … Read More