Mandolin virtuoso Sam Bush is best known as the founder and driving force behind the legendary New Grass Revival, a band of inventive and aggressive…
Artist profiles: Sam Bush
Tag: Bluegrass
Recording Academy Announces 60th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees for Best Bluegrass Album
The Recording Academy announced last night the recordings nominated for Best Bluegrass Album. Best Bluegrass Album Nominees Fiddler’s Dream by Michael Cleveland Laws Of Gravity…
Top American Roots Music Acts at Savannah Music Festival 2018
Savannah Music Festival has announced its 2018 programming. The festival will take place March 29th through April 14th, 2018, at several venues throughout Savannah’s Historic…
Artist Profiles: Railroad Earth
In 2001 Railroad Earth formed out of live sessions at the Pocono Bluegrass Society open mics. A few weeks later they recorded their first demos…
Artist Profiles: Noam Pikelny
Noam Pikelny was born February 27, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois. He is one of the finest banjo musicians in the United States. In 2004 he…
Artist Profiles: Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek was one of the hottest acts on the acoustic circuit in the early 2000s. They toured with Lyle Lovett, backed Dolly Parton and…
Artist Profiles: Mollie O’Brien
Mollie O’Brien was born October 25, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the mid-1970s she moved to Colorado, where she performed with a number of…
Winners of the 28th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards Announced
The winners of the International Bluegrass Music Awards, hosted by Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, were announced yesterday evening, September 28, 2017. The Earls of…
Enthralling Songs of the Mountains
Balsam Range – Mountain Voodoo (Mountain Home, 2016) Mountain Voodoo was released on November of 2016 and it’s a superb contemporary bluegrass album by western…
Sake of the Sound
Front Country – Sake of the Sound (Front Country, 2014) Front Country is an excellent San Francisco Americana band inspired by bluegrass, old time, blues,…