Online resources and features

As Apple's iTunes Music Store has grabbed up a larger segment of the worldwide music purchasing pie, many smaller independent labels and artists have been concerned that their releases would be lost amidst the slick promotion for mainstream pop projects

The Grascals sat recently for an interview with Country Weekly, and it can be viewed on the CW web site. The interview is about the upcoming Grascals CD, due in late August, which features contributions with a number of country music

Today's edition of USA Today includes an article and interview with Ralph Stanley, primarily about his new CD, A Distant land To Roam: Songs of the Carter Family, recently released on DMZ/Columbia Records. The article is by Brian Mansfield and

The first music video from Sam Bush's new CD, Laps In Seven on Sugar Hill, has been released for online viewing. It is for the song The River's Gonna Run, a duet with Emmy Lou Harris. You can watch the video

Claire Lynch will join Gracie Muldoon this afternoon for an interview on Muldoon In The Afternoon on worldwidebluegrass.com. Her show runs from 4:00-6:00 in the afternoon. Worldwidebluegrass.com is streamed over the internet and listeners can choose WinAmp, Windows Media or Real

The official web site of Alison Krauss & Union Station is offering a free download of the song, Jubilee, which was featured in the award-winning film documentary, Paper Clips. The free track will only be available from the site today,

Belated congratulations to Lonesome County, who won the Bluegrass talent Contest at Renfro Valley, KY in mid-May. They traveled from their home in Michigan to compete, and came away with a trophy, and the chance to perform twice on the

We posted earlier this month about the new blog launched by Amy Orlomoski for Bluegrass Cafe, a three hour radio show heard weekly on WHUS from Storrs, CT. Amy is one of the hosts, and uses the blog to post

The Isaacs report receiving several nominations for the 2006 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year for Sonya Isaacs, Bluegrass Gospel Artist of the Year, and Video of the Year. Voting is done online, and anyone can

We"ve previously told you about a new online instructional resource, The Bluegrass College. (here and here) Two of the sites founders, Brian Wicklund and Ian Nicholls, recently wrote us to give us some background information on the site and how it