Last year, The String got a new opening theme tune. “Vera” comes from New York based mandolin virtuoso, composer and band ...
Appalachian String Band Music Festival held at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop. The festival is a five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square ...
In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...
Centennial State jamgrass staples Yonder Mountain String Band have revealed a previously unheard collection, one of the final studio projects featuring the original lineup: Adam Aijala, Dave Johnston, ...
Yonder Mountain String Band has never been a group built around rigid onstage or offstage plans. Despite that fact, their ...
When Yonder Mountain String Band released I’d Like Off, a five-song EP that showcases the group’s original lineup – including late mandolin player and impassioned singer Jeff Austin – many fans of the ...
The University of North Georgia (UNG) String Band is a student-led ensemble that performs repertoire from the old-time and bluegrass traditions. The String Band plays for a contra dance every semester ...