JamBase — 2009 ROCKYGRASS INITIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED Steve Earle & the Bluegrass Dukes * Hot Rize w/ Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers Del McCoury Band * Earl Scruggs w/ Family & Friends * Darrell Scott Bluegrass Band Mike Marshall & Darol Anger w/ Väsen... more info

JamBase — By: Sarah Hagerman Restless joy permeates Drew Emmitt's third solo outing, Long Road (Compass Records), whether it's in a nicely succinct turn of phrase or the slip and slide many take into electric explorations. Drawing upon the eclectic influe... more info

Paste Magazine — Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns gets my vote for Best Bluegrass Album of 2008. Here "bluegrass" is used loosely, and is a catchall term for music anchored by acoustic guitars, fiddles, and dobros. It certainly doesn't fit within the fairly narrow strict... more info

Pop Matters — Americana's most prolific unknown singer/songwriter tackles the words and works of his big name predecessors in a stunning collection of covers. more info

All About Jazz — By: Dennis Cook Modern Hymns (Appleseed Records) is five or six cuts above most cover tune sets, and in no small way lives up to the heavenly bent of its title, though in down to earth, fundamental ways that actually help the daily grind of living o... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Modern Hymns (Appleseed Records) is five or six cuts above most cover tune sets, and in no small way lives up to the heavenly bent of its title, though in down to earth, fundamental ways that actually help the daily grind of living... more info