Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Don't think we have forgotten about the Bill Monroe Stamp Campaign, just because we haven't mentioned in a few months! A great many folks are collecting signatures on a petition to have Bill Monroe honored with a commemorative stamp from the

Just in case you missed it, Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow wrote a piece in the New York Times about a month ago, indicating that the music industry has about 10 years of life left in it, before it is

For anyone who will be in Nashville for the Americana Music Festival and Conference (September 16-19), here's a good reason to slip into town a few days early. The Nashville Symphony will be doing a special show on Saturday, September 12,

Rebel Records is on the hunt for someone to fill a position in their Radio Publicity & Promotion department. The position requires excellent communication and computer skills and a love for Bluegrass and/or Old-Time Music. Applicants must reside in central

Mike Seeger: August 15, 1933  - August 7, 2009 Musician, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, collector, teacher, advocate, record engineer and producer, field-recordist, archivist, folklorist, historian and cultural scholar. Adjectives abound; individually or collectively they cannot begin to describe the influence Mike Seeger

We posted back in March to mark the passing of Ed Dye, who had performed with Butch Robins, Alan O'Bryant and Blaine Sprouse in The Bluegrass Band during the 1970s. He was something of a fixture at Nashville's Station Inn

Another bluegrass baby! Eli Green Hayes was born August 20, 2009 at 2:22 p.m, the first grandson of Rick Hayes, former long-time mandolinist with The Gibson Brothers and chief luthier with Rick Hayes Instruments in Cincinnati, OH. His proud parents are Rick's

Who's got the biggest banjo? That's not something you see being hashed out by banjo players around the world. Volume sure, but not size. Keith Herendon however, decided that bigger was better when it came to banjos. So he built an

Mandolin Cafe has a story about an auction being conducted by Christie's in New York on December 3 that should be of interest to mandolinists and collectors of Bill Monroe memorabilia. The Country Music Sale on 12/3 includes the framed, original

It is being widely reported that Mike Seeger has passed away. We've not yet received anything absolutely definitive, but a note expressed as having come from his wife Alexia indicates that he died last night. Dear family, dear friends… Mike has