From Ronnie Stewart’s banjo kickoff on the first cut to the final track, a lilting version of “Snowbird,” Missy Werner’s first CD, “Drifting and Dreaming,” is a knockout.

Never heard of Werner? That’s understandable; the CD is her first foray into the national bluegrass realm. She’s played for years on the bluegrass…

My first exposure to Greg Cahill and his bluegrass band, The Special Consenus, occurred several years ago in Nashville, Tenn. No, I wasn’t attending one of Special C’s concerts. I was in a second-hand music store, probably a pawnshop, that was crammed with more live sound and recording equipment than I thought existed on the planet. It was all used, piled in dust-covered heaps without any thought to organization. Most of looked like it have a 30 percent chance…

West Coast Bluegrass artists the Kathy Kallick Band have a brand new project available entitled “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise.”

In the promotional material for the new album, Kallick expands on the meaning of the CDs title. “Many people have come to bluegrass in a round-about way, without growing up with it, without living in rural Kentucky, Tennessee or Virginia. This is the case with me and the members of this band;…

Noted bluegrass songwriter Mark Brinkman, like any writer who’s got the knack to convey a strong message, uses simple words to weave wonderful stories.

Small wonder he’s had more than 100 of his creations recorded by bluegrass bands and artists. Again, small wonder that his debut CD showcasing 16 of his gems is nothing short of fantastic…

If you like well-executed bluegrass, you should get to know No One You Know. That’s the quirky and clever moniker of a West Virginia-based bluegrass band, which is packing around a new CD, She Waits.

Since you may not know No One You Know, perhaps introductions are in order….