Author: Lee Zimmerman

Hailing from Moorea, French Polynesia — located ten miles from Tahiti —the Froggy Mountain Brothers have staked out a most unique place from which to share their wares. "We've lived here about thirty years, although we originally grew up on

Credit Echo Valley with daring to expand the parameters of the traditional bluegrass template by tackling songs that break through barriers to cover rock and pop hits using bluegrass instruments alongside their original songs. A family band made up of

When a group marks its half century of activity, it has every right to take a victory lap. Credit Special Consensus for marking their first 50 years with an album that looks back on the era from which they were

It's been more than five years since we first checked in with Norway's Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, so there’s a lot to catch up on. Originally inspired by the Oscar-nominated Belgian film Broken Circle Breakdown, the Oslo-based band — consisting of

There’s something to be said for sisterly symmetry, and even though the women that comprise Sister Sadie aren't, in fact, siblings, the six women that comprise this sextet — banjo player Gena Britt, fiddler Deanie Richardson, award-winning singer Jaelee Roberts,

By his own reckoning — and those of many observers —  it took Mason Via a relatively short time to assert his stature as a mover and shaker within the current crop of bluegrass up-and-comers. Of course that's to be

Danny Burns could be described as a giver, especially as it applies to offering the music spawned from his Irish origins. Born and raised in Donegal, he's found a following amongst such bluegrass luminaries as Dan Tyminski, Tim O'Brien, Sarah

Don Rigsby’s four decades as an essential artist within today's bluegrass realms makes a compilation like this well worth the wait. Having worked with such notable ensembles as The Bluegrass Cardinals, J.D. Crowe & The New South, The Charlie Sizemore

Young Sparks first formed late last year, but in the relatively brief time they've been together, the band has made a formidable impression at home. "We managed to break through very quickly in the Czech Republic, thanks to the fact

What do we call The Lil Smokies? Is it "newgrass?" Are they a jam band? However one describes it, they clearly make it a point to defy any preconceived boundaries. As a result, their latest effort, Break of the Tide,