Online resources and features

We posted on Wednesday the news that legendary west coast mandolinist and vocalist Vern Williams had passed away on Tuesday afternnon (6/6). Today's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle has a nice remembrance of Vern, which his many fans will

We posted last week about the upcoming solo project from Chris Thile, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, which is really a band project, though solo in the sense of it being recorded and promoted outside of his

Rebel Records has reissued two Ralph Stanley albums as download only releases on Apple's iTunes Music Store. Both were originally released in the mid 1970s, during what is widely viewed as the hey day of Dr. Ralph's post-Carter era,

We heard from Gracie Muldoon at Internet radio station WorldwideBluegrass that they will be cybercasting from the Festival of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY tomorrow and Saturday, starting at 2:00 p.m. A number of WWB show hosts will be on hand,

Mandolinist Butch Baldassari, who has recently begun offering webcasting video lessons, has just made available 5 video lessons on his website. Four of the five tunes are found in his book/CD 30 Fiddle Tunes for the Mandolin. The book is

The latest issue of Silver Strings is now available from Angie'sBanjo.com. This is a free, monthly online publication dedicated to providing both encouragement and instructional tips for folks learning to play the banjo beyond "a certain age." The June edition includes

Brance posted yesterday with the show dates for David Lee Roth's television appearances to promote the new CMH release, Strummin' With The Devil, their Van Halen bluegrass tribute CD which is officially released today. We found a few more bits

Nothin' Fancy has launched a message board on their web site for fans and friends to discuss the band, their new CD, or anything else that may strike their fancy. The board is still new, and message traffic is still

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the featured musical guests for this weekend's edition of Prairie Home Companion. This long-running radio program is heard on nearly 600 stations throughout the US, and via Armed Forces Radio wherever US military personnel

Mountain Heart will be the guests this next week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Sessions program on XM Radio's Bluegrass Junction. The show mixes interviews and live, in-studio performances, and runs six times each week until a new show takes its