The Larry Stephenson Band has announced the addition of guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Jimmy Haynes to the group. The band is led by mandolinist and lead singer Larry Stephenson, who was recently inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as
Veteran bluegrass artist Shannon Slaughter has released a music video for his most recent single, filmed on the grounds of the HF Bar Ranch in Saddlestring, Wyoming. It's an appropriate site for the shoot for I'd Be A Cowboy, written by
Anyone who remembers the era of the singing cowboy knows that they were as likely to sing about their horse as their girl. So what do bluegrass vocalists sing about? Their bus, of course! And that is precisely the subject of
Cody Farrar, who has served as guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for northern Mississippi's Breaking Grass for nearly two decades, has announced his intention to step away from the band. Fortunately, the band is determined to keep Breaking Grass going
Dear MariBella & The Pigkickers, a young sibling band out of Hampstead, NC, have a new original single released last week. Sin Eater is a somewhat haunting, but up-tempo bluegrass ballad that tells the plight of a poor, marginalized individual in
David Parmley is not one to let grass grow under his feet. Just a month after releasing his latest album, So What'd I Miss, with 615 Hideaway Records, and a week after being inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of
19-year-old fiddler and vocalist Mei Lin Heirendt is one of the brightest young lights in the California bluegrass scene. A co-founder of Broken Compass Bluegrass, this Grass Valley native is simultaneously pursuing a solo career, and has a third single
Mountain Fever Records has a new single for perennial sideman turned solo artist Bryan McDowell. It's a Bill Monroe classic, Toy Heart, first recorded in 1949 by the notorious "original bluegrass band," and given a second life when cut by Tony
Country and bluegrass legend Marty Stuart joins banjo man Daniel Grindstaff and his Uptown Troubadours for their latest Pinecastle Records single, The Death of John Henry. This isn't the driving banjo tune made famous by Earl Scruggs, but the vocal number
Each year IBMA offers many facets to its weeklong business conference and festival. Activities offered include business sessions, concerts, showcases, a tradeshow, jams, and workshops. During the latter, beginning and accomplished pickers receive sage advice from professionals in the bluegrass
