Bluegrass At Large

Banjoist Jayme Stone and mandolinist John Reischman each received a JUNO nomination from The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences last week. The awards, which celebrate the work of Canadian musical artists, will be announced at the 37th annual

Our friend Laura Leder from Cool Mandolin Company emailed recently to ask us to remind students of bluegrass and old time music - both here in the US, and in the UK and Europe - about Sore Fingers Week

The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Museum is soon to undergo an complete makeover, including a relocation and a name change. Originally founded in 1998 as a museum for the public display of original four-string tenor banjos from the jazz

We are proud and pleased to announce the first annual Bellbrook Jamboree. This festival will be taking place May 16-18, 2008. We are located just outside of Dayton, OH in Bellbrook along the Little Miami River. This

Bluegrass has always been a highly participatory genre, with a higher than average number of fans being amateur or part time players as well, something we share with jazz and folk music. One of the surest signs of the continuing growth

As we ponder the results of the 2008 Grammies - and breathe a sigh of relief that Cherryholmes didn't have to worry about being photographed with Amy Winehouse - there are yet a few more stories that bear mentioning. On Saturday,

What: AmanaJam Bluegrass Jam Camp When: February 21 -24, 2008 Where: Amana Colonies Golf Club, Amana, Iowa Why: AmanaJam is a wonderful weekend of bluegrass jamming designed to help both the intermediate and beginning jammers become more at ease

As promised, here are a few more photos from the recent Mountain Heart visit to Switzerland. Jim Van Cleve passed along a note about the drink Jason Moore was holding in one of the earlier photos we posted. "I wanted to let

I would have to agree with the powers that be about Merle's "bluegrass" album not getting recognized. I got the album thinking that it would be his tunes done in the bluegrass style but I was sorely dissapointed. Mostly everything

Each day John and I receive a great many emails and phone calls reporting stories of interest to the bluegrass community. We write them up and report them here on Bluegrass Today. In addition to the news that is given