Bluegrass radio news

We've written a good bit recently about Mountain Heart's new vocalist, Josh Shilling, and the reaction to the band's new sound. Today's edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel has an interview with Mountain Heart mandolinist Adam Stefey about this very

We've told you recently about the new addition to Mountain Heart. If you haven't heard them yet and you are a subscriber to XM radio, here's your chance. The band is doing an in-studio concert that will be aired today

Don't forget to log on to the streaming audio from WDVX at noon today to hear Lonesome River Band and Belinda Gail and Curly Musgrave on The Blue Plate Special. WDVX broadcasts at 89.9 FM from Knoxville, TN, and live online

As you've probably heard, Sirius and XM have announced plans to merge their two companies into one larger satellite radio provider. It's still unclear at this point if regulators will allow it though. CNN Money reports that both companies will need

Last week we told you about a couple of ebay auctions by WDVX in Knoxville that were part of it's 2007 fundraising efforts. The first auction was for an autographed Martin DXM guitar. The second auction was an autographed Tony Rice

We received a note recently from Niall Toner, who hosts Roots Freeway on RTE Radio One in Dublin, Ireland. His show runs on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. (GMT/WET) and features a mix of bluegrass, old time, traditional country and blues.

There's been so much bluegrass on The Grand Ole Opry this past few months that I feel like I'm repeating myself each Friday when I point out who's on. This week is no exception, with Mountain Heart performing on both

John Starling will join host and general manager Gracie Muldoon on WorldWideBluegrass.com today (2/16) for an interview at 1:30 p.m. (EST). They will discuss John's new CD with Carolina Star (featuring Mike Auldridge and Tom Gray), and play a few

Kenny & Amanda Smith recently released a new gospel CD that we told you about here. They took the band to Nashville not long ago and recorded a a special for XM Radio. This feature will be running this morning as

Sammy Shelor let us know today that he has two new members with him in Lonesome River Band. To be precise, it's actually one new member, and one returning. Brandon Rickman is back with the band, playing guitar and singing lead,