Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Composite Acoustics, commonly known as CA Guitars, has closed its doors. The Louisiana-based company that manufactured steel-string acoustic guitars made from a carbon fiber material had found adherents among both hobby and professional pickers worldwide, including Blue Highway guitarist Tim Stafford.

A recurring frustration for performers who sell merchandise at shows is their inability to accept credit card payments. There are portable card scanners, but they often require AC power or online access to operate - typically unavailable to merch vendors at

Regular Google users have long recognized that the search engine giant creates custom graphics for their home page, incorporating the Google logo. Many of these custom logo graphics are themed for holidays or other special events, but today's (3/4) image features

Richard Johnston, co-founder of the venerable Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA, was recently interviewed by The Collectors Weekly web site. Johnston has earned a reputation as a luthier, and particularly as an historian and appraiser of vintage acoustic instruments.

Awards season has begun for the the Academy of Country Music. In addition to the nominations announced on Tuesday for all the glittery pop stars, a list of "lesser lights" was quietly passed out. This includes musicians, producers, engineers, radio hosts,

Cinnamon Rolls With a Side of Bluegrass Gospel Roadfood Digest highlights a truckstop in Loveland, CO, recommending the Gospel Jam and the cinnamon rolls, in that order. "We’d suggest you attack a Johnson’s Corner cinnamon roll after the session, however, so as

It's no secret that Bluegrass Today celebrates the intersection of musical art with other forms such as painting and drawing. So we're pleased to bring to your attention, another fine artist with an interest in bluegrass music. David Emory works with

OK...  We don't expect to hear him singing and Flatt & Scruggs on the program, but Aaron Kelly, one of the 24 finalists on American Idol has some bluegrass in his background. The 16 year old from Pennsylvania is among

Ah, Love (Statler Brothers Included) When the New York Times compiled their Valentine's Day playlist, attempting to avoid "love’s dark side" proved almost impossible, until they included a track from the new Statler Brothers cover album by "the frisky bluegrass duo

Alan Bibey had just sent us information about the benefit concert for Jennings Chestnut, scheduled for February 21, when word came that Chestnut died yesterday morning (2/14) at 7:30 a.m. He had been diagnosed in January with an inoperable brain