Bluegrass At Large

We told you a few months back about a wonderful program called Cool Mandolins for Kids which tries to match up young pickers with mandolins that are gathering dust under someone's bed. The program is administered by Laura Leder, who manages

The New York Times cityroom blog recently featured a story about a banjo playing Santa from New York. The story is complete with a short video showcasing Santa's banjo skills, and asking him a few questions about the gig. Warren McKnight

Tom Adams has just published a new book of banjo transcriptions taken from his playing on Audie Blaylock's Trains Are The Only Way To Fly CD. The book contains tabs for all Tom's breaks and multiple backup sections in this

There is a song that was recorded many years ago by Lost and Found, called Virgina, That's My Home. It is totally positive and speaks of the joys of Virginia, referencing saw mills, coal mines, picking bluegrass music on

Bluegrass too depressing...not anymore. I would like to take this opportunity to suggest Jocelyn Gold's (Gold Heart) song Take Me Back to Virginia as the Virginia state song. The song has a great bluegrass slow-driving feel and is in no way

For the last ten years, the state of Virginia has been without a state song. This proves to be a confusing situation for those in charge of sporting events and public inaugurations. The search for a new song has continually

This past week in Nashville a number of bluegrass and country acts came together to participate in the taping of the next Gaither Homecoming DVD. This time around it's country and bluegrass gospel music throughout. Of course, all the performances

The Associated Press is reporting that James Monroe, son of the Father of Bluegrass Music, is selling the concert hall he has been running near the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, about 40 miles north of Nashville. The son of the late bluegrass

On June 11, 2007 AM 1080 WKGX, located in Lenoir NC changed formats to all BLUEGRASS. That's right, a 5,000 watt all Bluegrass radio station operating from sunrise to sunset. In a few short months, we're now playing over

Hi Brance, Thanks for the details on Jamie & Darrin's new CD. One note however regarding the song "Sweet Carrie." I think this was written by A. L. Wood and appears on his 1973 Rebel LP titled "Bluegrass Today."