So many of you came out last night to celebrate Josh’s 30th birthday and made it a memorable night for him. You also came out last night to hear a great, great bluegrass band and we hope it was a … Read More
We all know someone who, after attending a show you couldn’t make, insists: “You should have been there…it was awesome.” I find these people to be supremely annoying so please forgive me when I say: (Ahem) “ You should have … Read More
The Earl Brothers spokesman/band leader is Robert Earl Davis. Unabashedly, Robert Earl Davis is quick to point out that The Earl Brothers are and will remain a traditional bluegrass band. There will be no pushing the envelope into progressive or … Read More
The picture on the front of this disc is of an attractive woman in a cotton dress, strolling down a country lane (in heels!), carrying a banjo. So, I’ll admit to being a little skeptical before ever hearing these Bluegrass … Read More
by Bobby Costa I had the pleasure of meeting Marty Stuart and his band at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston CT in June of this year. He and his band’s personalities are as great as their music. This … Read More
To me, it’s hardly surprising that a Senator from West Virginia would release a fiddle album; politicians will do most anything to get noticed. Rather, what’s surprising to me after several hour in my CD player is that this is … Read More
Earlier this summer, on a beautiful evening at the Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, Jesse McReynolds and his band did a stunning cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Black Muddy River,” and announced the CD would be out in October. I vowed … Read More
Bluegrass music has come a long way since Bill Monroe and his brothers decided to form a band. Today we’re presented with an abundance of artists who cite Bluegrass and its pioneers as influences without necessarily having much in common … Read More
by C.B. Smith A scion of an upstate New York musical family with a deep love for bluegrass, banjo phenom Jonah Bruno just released a strong collection of original songs called Spokesman. The title stumped me until I did a … Read More
Joe Diffie is remembered as a country artist with hits such as “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox,” “John Deere Green,” “Honky Tonk Attitude” and his first hit in 1990, the Americana song, “Home.” Joe Diffie’s twelve #1’s, twenty top … Read More