Miscellaneous bluegrass news

We received a note from our friend, Andrea Roberts, primary agent at the Andrea Roberts Agency, wife to Danny Roberts of The Grascals, and a very talented bluegrass performer in her own right. She tells a story of a close

Aaron McDaris, the incoming banjo player with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, has something else to celebrate this Christmas season. He and his wife, Amy, welcomed their second child, Katie Leann, on December 8. She was born at 3:46 (EST) and

Shawn Lane is the featured vocalist on a new single release, but it's not from Blue Highway. It's not from a new solo project, and it's not even intended specifically for the bluegrass market. The song is Clemson-Carolina, written about the

As an unashamed Mac user, I love iTunes. In fact, I rarely listen to music (for pleasure) outside of the iTunes/iPod environment. I like the ease and convenience of iTunes for listening to whatever music strikes my fancy at the

The Recording Academy has announced the newest additions to its Grammy Hall Of Fame, adding to this timeless list that now includes 826 titles. Among the 28 recordings so honored is Bill Monroe's October 1940 recording of Mule Skinner Blues released

The nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards have been announced, and the bluegrass category is filled with familiar names. Here are the nominees for Best Bluegrass Album for 2009. Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe - Cherryholmes Del McCoury Band - Live At The 2008

Here's a special opportunity for all you Rice heads... Tony Rice is offering his personal, 2007 Santa Cruz Tony Rice model guitar for sale. This is a custom instrument, built specifically to Tony's specs, and which he used on the road

Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters has a couple of side projects working that should come into fruition next year. He is hard at wok on a new solo project, which will be comprised of new instrumental music he

Tony Rice has posted a poignant and heartfelt message to military veterans on his web site. What a shame that we didn't catch it in time for Veteran's Day last week. It is entitled Letter Of thanks To Veterans Everywhere from

Rhonda Vincent's management has just announced that two members of her band, Kenny Ingram and Darrell Webb, will leave The Rage effective December 31, 2008. The following statement was released by Upper Management last night (11/5): Kenny and Kaye have been loyal