Banjo meets techno! The Ron Block Banjo Workshop app is now available for cell phones, tablets, and computers. Designed for every level of musicianship, it has material help whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced picker. The app offers plenty
In Wilmington, NC we find a new family bluegrass band consisting of four Trakimowicz siblings, with dad on bass. The band name even incorporates what's unique about the players. Things started with sisters Isabella, now 19, on fiddle, and AnnMari, now
For their latest single with Mountain Fever Records, Volume Five has chosen Dreams Like That, a lovely song about a man who finds solace from a troubled world in his reminiscences while sleeping. It's a comforting and comfortable piece that
South Carolina's Wilson Banjo Co introduces their new lineup with a single from Pinecastle Records, Black Wedding Dress. Now in the band with founder Steve Wilson on banjo are Adam Bachmann on reso-guitar, Brandi Colt on mandolin and vocals, Andrew Crawford
North Carolina resophonic guitarist Frank Poindexter has decided to retire from professional touring starting in 2025. The slide wizard has been performing, writing, and recording in the bluegrass realm for most of his adult life, including stints with Larry (his nephew),
Pinecastle Recording Company has just released a music video for bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolinist, and band leader Ashleigh Graham, and her current single, Head Over High Heels. The song is her take on new love, partly inspired by the Flatt &
The fertile partnership of banjoists Steve Martin and Alison Brown for Compass Records has brought forth another gem, a new song called Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye), sung by Vince Gill. It's a heartbreak song, and there are few who
Billy Blue Records has another single to share from Adam McIntosh, and his current album, Restless. Adam, of course, is the guitarist and vocalist with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, an original member who took his leave to try another
The Harry and Lavon Webb Education Center, a part of Roanoke, VA's Jefferson Center, has announced an evening bluegrass camp for middle and high school students in January of 2025. The Jefferson Center was born from the old Jefferson High School
Crandall Creek has released a new single today, along with a video where they discuss and demonstrate the process by which they go from a concept to a finished song. Less Or More is the title of the new song, written
