The bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has gone from playing at Still Water Tap Room on Broad Street four years ago to performing in Carnegie Hall, Ryman Auditorium and the Kennedy Center.

The 11th annual WKXC-FM Guitar Pull again offers a great lineup for those lucky enough to be holding tickets for the event, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center, 471 University Parkway.

Gardeners know Steve Azar as the smooth-voiced singer who opens P. Allen Smith's Garden Home series on PBS each week, singing the program's theme song, I Can't Help but Smile. Country music fans know Mr. Azar from his hits, including I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday).

One of the most unusual Halloween events in the nation takes place tonight at James Brown Arena when the National Barrel Horse Association stages its Trick or Trot contest of costume-wearing horses and their riders.

It has taken eight years for The Hushpuppies band to release its second independent CD, but lead vocalist Todd Cowart said fans will find the wait to be more than worthwhile.

It was his love for Bob Dylan's music that led British author Michael Gray to write a biography of local music hero and blues legend Blind Willie McTell.

Georgia native Luke Bryan will be back in Augusta on Monday at the Country Club nightclub, 2834 Washington Road. Doors will open at 7 p.m.,with an early show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 which includes a copy of Mr. Bryan's new CD, Doin' My Thing.

Georgia country music stars continue putting out new releases that climb the music charts. Lady Antebellum is having success with its new single, Need You Now, and has just released a music video of the song. It also is the title track of the group's second and just-released Capitol Records CD.

Elisabeth von Trapp is proud of her amazing relatives and their musical accomplishments, but she also is justly proud of her own.

Elisabeth von Trapp of the famous Austrian folksinging family will sing Edelweiss during her concert Sept. 24 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church for Augusta's Westobou Festival.

About four months before he died in 1952, Hank Williams was either fired from the Grand Ole Opry or quit the WSM-AM radio show, depending on which story you want to believe.

Jett Williams' story should be made into a movie. She was born in Montgomery, Ala., on Jan. 6, 1953, just five days after the death of her father, the legendary Hank Williams.

The days are numbered for The Lewis Family bluegrass-gospel group, of Lincolnton, Ga., but several family members are splitting off to form new musical acts.