Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Here's some more happy news in the bluegrass community. Jennifer Passamano Hamilton, who handles the bookkeeping and financial duties for her family's business (Rural Rhythm Records), and her husband Aaron are celebrating the birth of a daughter, Lily Sue Hamilton. She joined

Banjo picker, producer and studio owner Scott Vestal has happy news to share. He and his wife Alice welcomed a son yesterday (3/26), born at 7:32 p.m. (EDT). Scott tells us that they haven't yet chosen a name, but that mom,

Friends of Julie and John Pennell will be delighted by the news of the arrival of their first born, Eva Lauren Pennell, born on March 1, 2009, at 8:22 a.m. She weighed in at 6 lbs, 11.5 ozs. Mother and

Dallas Morning News ran a story yesterday about Virginia's Crooked Road and the music that inhabits this area. Starting in Flyod, VA at the Country Store, the story continues along the trail all the way to the Ralph Stanley Museum and

This is for all you artists out there that have been hearing the term "360 deal" but haven't really understood the details of what constitutes such a deal and why an artist would pursue one. Bruce Warila at the Music Think

Ed Dye passed away in the early hours of yesterday (3/18), he was 72 years old. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he is noted as delivering newspapers to Hank Williams' mother. Dye was a renowned master of the world's oldest instrument,

Last Fall we brought news of the amazing correctional surgery that has enabled 70 year old Eddie Adcock to continue with his passion, nay necessity, of banjo playing. Recently Adcock talked to a reporter with TSWI (The State We're In), Jonathan

Michelle Cupit is the subject of a newspaper report, written by fiddle player, actor and former Blue Grass Boy, Randall Franks, and published earlier this week in the LaFayette, Georgia newspaper, Walker County Messenger. The story focuses on her burgeoning career

Multiple updates after the jump... It seems that the very promising series of projects announced last fall to commemorate The Bluegrass Hotel in Louisville, KY is falling victim to poor communication and inattention to detail. After discussions with Bill Millet, one of

CMT News recently published an obituary for the CD. Citing irrelevance as the cause of death, they presented a humorous and instructive look at the life of the CD in the music industry. The author isn't sad to see the CD