Special Consensus – Trail of Aching Hearts
So, what’s my favorite bluegrass CDs of 2007? When that question was first asked of me, I thought, easy, no-brainer. It was wham, wham … and well, er, uh, mmmmm, I stammered. Gee, I dunno. I’m gonna have to think about that.
First, those two whams.
No, no, no! First the [...]

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We would like to thank all of our readers for stopping by and keeping up with the site as well as passing it on to your bluegrass friends. We’re very excited about the [...]

Herb Pederson
This past year was a grand year for bluegrass. A couple of the peak shows I caught were Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen playing acoustic gigs in the Midwest. With pen in hand I pestered these two guys a few times to get an interview, which, incidentally, is shortly coming as an [...]

Charlie Sizemore photo by Señor McGuire
Burlington, MA — Did you hear the good news? Good News is #1 on XM Radio’s Bluegrass Junction and the single “Alison’s Band” is the #1 single on Sirius Radio’s Count Down Yonder: Weekly Top 17 Songs of Sirius Bluegrass. Good News, Sizemore’s first studio album in five years, was [...]

The Grascals photo by Joe Hardwick
Nashville, Tenn. –The Grascals, IBMA’s reigning Entertainers of the Year, are taking advantage of some rare time off the road to begin recording new songs for their next Rounder release, coming in 2008.
“We’re having a great time in the studio; it’s been very relaxed,” said Grascals lead vocalist and guitarist [...]