Bluegrass At Large

We came across an article in the Herald Citizen (Cookeville, TN) about a new marketing effort by the city of Sparta, TN. In this official re-branding of the city's image and tourism identity, they will henceforth promote themselves as Bluegrass, USA. Home

We heard yesterday from David Hollender, banjo player and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been teaching bass and leading ensembles there for many years, and now also teaches banjo for students following the Acoustic

Bluegrass FM 89.5 Fredericksburg, VA and 91.7 Lynchburg, VA broadcast a five and a half minute Veterans Day feature with Master Chief Musician and unit leader Wayne Taylor of the U.S. Navy Band's "Country Current" country-bluegrass group during its morning

The European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) Festival is currently seeking submissions from bands that would like to showcase at the 2008 event. The event will take place in Voorthuizen, Netherlands on May 1-3, 2008. Showcase opportunities are open to bands from

We received a report over the weekend that two Michael Kelly Octave Mandolins were recently stolen from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Milton, Florida. The church was broken into and the two instruments were taken along with the sound system and

We just received this photo from the opening ceremonies of the 25th Anniversary remembrance of The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. As Brance mentioned earlier this week, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent were to perform More Than

One band that I did get to see at IBMA last month that really impressed me was G2, a young quintet from Sweden who won the 2007 European Band of the Year Award, announced at the EBMA European World of

Not long ago we brought you a story about Stephen Mougin playing in Slovakia. The tour is done, Stephen is back in the states and on the road with Sam Bush again, but he sent us some reflections on the

Congratulations to resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who picked up his third Musician of the Year award from the Country Music Association last night in Nashville. 2007 marked Jerry's 10th nomination for this CMA award, which was known as the Instrumentalist of

MasterShield Records announces 3 new project releases in the last three months. The Muellers , a young eight piece family band from Maine, has a new release called, Branching Out . It contains mostly traditional tunes with some wonderful harmonies