But in the case of Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys, it is merely truth unfurled. Banjo Dan, aka Dan Lindner, Vermont resident since 1967, told me recently via telephone, “There’s no question that ...

Jon Pardi and Luke Bryan’s highly anticipated new single, “Cowboys and Plowboys,” has finally arrived. Rhett Akins, Cole Taylor and Jacob Rice wrote the song, and the track’s an ebullient, twangy ode ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Long Island isn't what you think of as a bluegrass hotbed. But that's where fiddler Phil Bloch grew up, and somehow, he got a taste of it. "There's a hill on Long Island somewhere," ...

The Bush Hogs are such an unbelievably great band that it’s absolutely heartbreaking that A) They don’t play more often than they do and B) That they don’t have a stack of albums on the market. But ...

The opening cut on The Plowboys fifth full-length, The Hind Tit, is an eight-minute, Grateful Dead-style ramble through an adaption-cum-tribute to R.L. Burnside’s “Goin’ Down South.” Starting with a ...

“It was kind of a funny name and we liked it,” explained Plowboys co-manager Matthew Ebnet. “We’ve got a lot of country boys, but no farmers I don’t think.” Benson High School was known as the ...

The Plowboys combine traditional country music with the sparkle of rhinestone suits! Hailing from the picturesque landscapes of eastern Ontario, this five-piece ensemble has been strumming and singing ...

It’s not often you hear a song that targets you, specifically. “Wednesday morning, I grab me a Free Times,” Tom Hall grumbles with fiery zeal on “No Love,” set to sizzling zydeco-folk. “And I sip my ...

Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys might be gone, but they are certainly not forgotten. In part, that’s because since the legendary Vermont bluegrass band called it quits in 2012, founders and ...