Miscellaneous bluegrass news

The Bluegrass Ireland Blog has noted the passing of John Pearse this past Friday (10/31/08). He died in his sleep, in Germany where he made his home. In addition to performing worldwide, John was a co-founder of Breezy Ridge Instruments, along

Halloween seems an appropriate day to release out gallery of Fiddle Faces. Some of these were sent in from readers. A couple of them are my own entries from the original post. Take a look at all the Fiddle Faces and

IBMA is now soliciting applications for Leadership Bluegrass 2009, their 3-day networking and mentoring event held in Nashville each spring. The 2009 class is scheduled for March 10-12 and applications must be received by November 15. We have never attended, but have

In an article entitled Panel offers survival tips for small businesses, Laura Copeland wrote recently in The Tennessean newspaper about the economy and the various ways to deal with the issues facing the world. It's a dry old subject I know,

Bluegrass music is a little different from other her genres in our business model. Not many other styles of music can boast the healthy festival circuit that bluegrass has. Fans of other styles don't have the ready access to artists

Tim Carter, the banjo playing half of The Carter Brothers, has opened a recording studio in Ridgetop, TN - about 12 miles north of Nashville. Treehouse Studios was built as an addition to Tim's log home, with a separate entrance, rest

Anyone who knows flatpicker and guitar workshop impresario Bull Harman knows him as among the most gregarious, warm-hearted people in our business. Always quick with a smile - and just as swift with a fiery lick - Bull is a

I ran across this story over the weekend while I was doing some browsing. SooToday.com is a news reporting website for Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. It seems they don't know much about fiddling at SooToday. They think this photo represents mastery

Richard Matteson JR lives in Louisville, KY. He teaches guitar at a local music store. He began playing bluegrass in the early 1980s with banjoist Derrick Phillips. In 1997 he formed his band, the Bluegrass Messengers. Matteson has published ten

Here's another happy ending for a stolen instrument alert... We posted last week about a student at East Tennessee State University whose car was stolen, with her upright bass inside. As it happens, it looks like the thieves weren't much interested in