Bluegrass radio news

Wichita Rutherford, the podcasting superstar, has just announced that he has moved from Sirius to XM in the satellite radio world. Wichita's new show on XM is called The Grand Old Time Machine which is also the name of his upcoming

Just a reminder that The Infamous Stringdusters will be performing live on WDVX today (3/19) at noon, eastern time. The show, Blue Plate, is broadcast from Knoxville, TN at 89.9 FM, but is also offered online via streaming audio. It

Singer/songwriter Donna Hughes' recently released her new CD, Gaining Wisdom, and has been touring some to support the release. Today she'll be on XM satellite radio with host Kyle Cantrell at 11 AM EST. I'm sure they'll be discussing and

Fans of new young bluegrass phenoms, The Infamous Stringdusters - or anyone curious to learn what they are all about - will have several chances to see and hear them over the next few days. They will be interviewed on

In the continuing fight over royalty rates for internet broadcasters, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is now coming under legal assault as the webcasters begin to fight back against what many see as an unwise ruling. The CRB recently changed

Mandolin (and clarinet) monster Andy Staman will be a featured guest on this afternoon's Blue Plate on WDVX. The show will feature live performance and discussion, and is broadcast from Knoxville, TN at 89.9 FM. The station's feed is also streamed

Clyde Scott writes in to tell us about some upcoming live shows that will be available on BluegrassRadio.org this weekend. We are very excited to announce that next weekend the fun in South Georgia continues. Saturday 3/17, we will present Michelle

Save Our Internet Radio is a new blog launched this week in response to the proposed royalty rates recently announced by the US Copyright Royalty Board. The site is managed by Bill Goldsmith, who started the popular online station ParadiseRadio

As we've discussed previously here and here, the recent rate hike by the Copyright Royalty Board could spell the end of internet radio stations. As a recap, here's the story from Wired News. In the old, percentage-based fee system, webcasters paid SoundExchange

That is a powerful statement, suggesting an ominous and most unwelcome scenario. It was shared by Clyde Scott, who manages 24/7 bluegrass cybercaster bluegrassradio.org, as a comment to Brance's post yesterday on the proposed new Copyright Roaylty Board fee