The Baker Boys. Photo by Michael Stewart.
If you caught Karl Shifflet’s Big Country Show last summer on the Midwest bluegrass festival circuit, chances are you saw banjo wiz-kid Jessie Baker perform. He spent a stint on the road with Shifflet’s band. Not bad if you’re 17.
What you might not have seen was his brother, [...]

The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation recently held its inaugural event, a fund raising benefit concert featuring Special Consensus and Blue Moon Drive, on May 3, 2008. The venue was the his­tor­ic Sons of Hermann Hall near downtown Dallas, Texas. Current IBMA Presi­dent Greg Cahill (founder of Special Consensus) and his band entertained the [...]

Muddy Sunshine recording artist Billy Smith will perform at a CD release party Thursday, May 22 at The Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn. The celebration is in honor “Five Flat Rocks,” Smith’s newest CD. The band will kick off the music at 9:00 pm and cover charge is $10.00 at the door.
Chris Henry (mandolin), Matt [...]