Online resources and features

Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike will be featured on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special program on XM later today. An encore presentation of their interview and live performance in the XM studio will run at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon (7/13). Valerie

Many of the articles from the July/August issue of International Bluegrass, the official publication of the IBMA, can be found on the organization's web site. It is distributed by mail to all professional members, but not available in print otherwise. The

From time to time we have discussed various ventures that involved online video instruction for bluegrass music. The idea has a great deal of appeal to bluegrass instructors, and some are actively involved in providing such instruction. Three that come

Hit & Run Bluegrass' guitarist/vocalist, and Richmond VA native, is featured in an artist profile today on the Richmond.com web site. She discusses her influences, other musical interests and how she came to move from Virginia to Colorado six years

Our friend Wichita Rutherford is profiled and quoted in an article in today's online edition of Tennessean.com, the web version of Nashville's hometown newspaper, The Tennessean. Rutherford's podcast, 5 Minutes With Wichita, has become an Internet sensation, with bluegrass, pop

The folks at BanjoLounge.com have established an audio chat forum for banjo pickers. It is browser-based, and uses plugins that are available for both Windows and Mac computers. You'll need either a built-in or external microphone, and speakers to take

Here's an online resource that has recently been brought to our attention and we thought we'd share it with you. Bluegrasspass.com is an online bluegrass showcase that features streaming online interviews with regional and national bluegrass groups and artist. The interviews

We just got a note from our good friend Gracie Muldoon, station manager at WorldWideBluegrass.com. She wrote to let us know that Steep Canyon Rangers would be her guest today on the Muldoon In The Afternoon show. The SCR guys

Rhonda Vincent is slated to appear on The Grand Ole Opry on Saturday evening, featured in both the 9:30-10:00 p.m. and 12:30-1:00 a.m. segments of the July 8 radio show. Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press and The Whites are also

The popular Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in NY is celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year by joining forces with FestivaLink to make audio from this year's fest available for online purchase. These will be full-length recordings which can be purchased