Reviews

The Gospel Plowboys are a bluegrass gospel group based in the Concord, North Carolina area. The band members are dedicated to spreading the good news of the Gospel, Jesus Christ, and His saving grace. The members are devout Christians and focus their music on this messaging. The band consists of Michael Jenkins (guitar), Kris Miller…

Happily, you may have noticed that an increasing number of young people are playing in top bluegrass bands or leading their own bands. Names like Wyatt Ellis, Gibson Davis, Liam Purcell, Noah Goebel, Sammy Mougin, Ashlyn Smith, and the Sullivan Sisters are but a few. Add to that list The Brothers Young.   The Brothers…

Based in California, Suzy Thompson has had a solid career as both a singer, guitarist, and fiddle player. She was influenced by blues singers and players such as Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith, and got her fiddle chops from such Cajun players like Dewey Balfa, Dennis McGee, and Wade Fruge. She has played with artists…

Missy Raines grew up in West Virginia and spent much of the 60’s and 70’s, along with her family, going to music festivals in the Baltimore, Washington, D.C. area. She got her first bass at the age of 10, and it soon became her only and best instrument. Over the years, she cut her musical…

With four lead singers, East Nash Grass has a lot of flexibility and the band uses it well.  Winner of the 2024 IBMA “New Artist of the Year” Award, East Nash Grass employs its division of labor on their latest album much as it did on its previous release, Last Chance to Win, and with…

Parallel with his two decades as a founding member of The Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett has had a prolific solo career with no fewer than seven albums to his credit.  His latest, the follow-up to 2022’s River Wild, is an impressive outing featuring songs that — as Garrett explains in the accompanying press material —“didn’t…