Two new works give a broad overview of Roseann Cash's personal and musical life. (Photo by Craig Harris.) Rosanne Cash The Essential Rosanne Cas
New York, NY -- Thanks to a fortuitous "goat rodeo," Sony Masterworks is releasing The Goat Rodeo Session, a landmark album project by four
Grammy winning composer, violin virtuoso and educator Mark O'Connor will release his first holiday album, An Appalachian Christmas, on September 20 vi
2011 Newport Folk Festival® Sells Out Two Weeks in Advance Two-day Festival, July 30-31, to Celebrate with 10,000 Fans Per Day Thanks to music fans a
New Adds to Festival Radio since April 18, 2011 Artist Album Andrew Calhoun Grapevine Battlefield Band Line-up Brother Sun Brother Sun Bruce Ro
Alan Moore talks to the New Statesman about writing his second novel. “It is a very big book -- but it's very readable," he assures me when I call
Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current American music charts. Chart highlights: Maybe it is the strange moniker of NKOTBSB, representin
Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers mandolin player Chris Thile has teamed up with guitarist Michael Daves for a new album of bluegrass covers.... (
tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l is the 2011 album I have listened to the most this year, and easily the highlight of the week's music release. Other new
This Friday, April 15, will mark the official premiere of How To Grow A Band, the documentary film by Mark Meatto that followed Chris Thile and Punch
Artist: Rosanne Cash Title: The Essential Rosanne Cash Release Date: May 24, 2011 Label: Columbia/Legacy Format(s): 2-CDs, DD Rosanne Cash's career a
Regarding the upcoming Chris Thile & Michael Daves duo project we mentioned yesterday… Nonesuch is giving away a free track in exchange for
Chris Thile has engendered minor controversy in the bluegrass community since he began to veer off the main road with Nickel Creek in 2002. Rightly ce
Hilary Hahn was supposed to be in Japan this week on a recital tour with her frequent collaborator Valentina Lisitsa but nature had other plans. Th
We have wondered several times on The Bluegrass Blog whether it shouldn’t be a requirement that every artist in any field of music had to make a
Béla Fleck es sin duda un virtuoso del banjo, y es capaz de interpretar con su instrumento desde el country mas popular hasta el jazz mas complejo. S
Charles‑Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870)Mary Garden (1874-1967)Robert McBride (1911-2007)Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)Christoph Eschenbach (1940)Barry Wordsw
Sugar Hill will be releasing audiophile vinyl editions of their three Nickel Creek albums as part of the April 16 Record Store Day events. This includ
The Grascals are royalty on the bluegrass scene, having won SPBGMA’s Bluegrass Band of the Year award in 2010, the International Bluegrass Music As
Countless albums were released in 2010, in mainstream country music, Americana, bluegrass, and all the other loosely associated sub-genres that make u
The nominees for the 53rd Grammy Awards were announced last night, with a number of bluegrass artists prominent on the list, even outside the bluegras
Josh started his bluegrass path taking banjo lessons at 9 years old and added guitar and mandolin shortly after. By the age of 12 he had formed his ow
Video of Steve Martin and Punch Brothers on The Late Show hasn’t showed up yet on the CBS site, but as you might have guessed, it has made an ap
New York, NY- Public radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) is proud to announce that soulful Philadelphia singer-songwriter Amos Lee, progressive Cal
Garth Brooks announced this morning that he’s hosting a benefit concert for flood victims at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Dec. 17.
When Punch Brothers performed last month at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA, Milo Farineau found a chance to speak with fearless leader and mandolin
Winfield, KS -- The Walnut Valley Festival sponsors eight instrumental contests. Several "big name" artists today (Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss, Chris
Noam Pikelny has been named the recipient of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. This annual award, determined by
Labor Day marks the end of summer for a lot of people, though not for you purists who pay attention to the “calendar.” That would mark the end of
There is much to report from and about Punch Brothers, Chris Thile’s merry band of alt-bluegrass pranksters. Their current Nonesuch album, Antif
Además de ser saxofonista de Béla Fleck and The Flecktones y de girar con Dave Matthews Band alrededor del mundo, Jeff Coffin posee una carrera en s
Final Relix and Jambands.com Year in Review, reposted on my personal blog for your procrastinating pleasureAuld Lang Syne Encore: Bob Weir, Billy Mart
