bluegrass

listen to a bluegrass cover of "Frances Farmer" from 'Pickin' On Nirvana'

CMH Records’ Pickin’ On series has been doing bluegrass-style tributes to popular music since the ’90s. The latest installement is ‘Pickin’ On Nirvana’ and you can hear “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” from that now.

BV Presents Free Screening of The Broken Circle Breakdown (opening in theaters too, soundtrack out now)

Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band…

Spirit Family Reunion releasing 'No Separation' (MP3), touring (dates), playing shows (including a free one tonight)

DOWNLOAD: Spirit Family Reunion – “I Want To Be Relieved” (MP3) Brooklyn old-time folkies Spirit Family Reunion will release their debut album, No Separation, on June…

Earl Scruggs, RIP

Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass banjo player whose hard-driving picking style influenced generations of players and helped shape the sound of 20th-century country music with his guitar-playing partner, Lester Flatt, died on Wednesday in a Nashville hospital…

Steve Martin releasing new bluegrass LP, playing 5 NYC shows (and other dates)

Hopefully Steve Martin will make a little more change with the release of “Rare Bird Alert“, his second bluegrass album with The Steep Canyon Rangers…

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers in NYC - a review

Below is a proper review of Thursday night’s show to go along with Ryan Muir‘s pictures….

Steve Martin & banjo @ the Rubin Museum of Art, NYC - pics

“Comedian, actor, author, and banjo player Steve Martin releases his first musical recording since 1978’s number 1 hit “King Tut.” This is no novelty record though…

Steve Martin plays the banjo - A Tentative Evening of Bluegrass (tickets on sale Friday)

Rubin Museum of Art and The Bowery Presents A Tentative Evening of Bluegrass with Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Tickets can be purchased at 212…