Laurie Lewis has been honored with the 2011 Performer Award from the Folk Alliance FAR-West, the western regional chapter of the Folk Alliance International. The Bay Area fiddle player and singer/songwriter was presented with the award at the 2011 FAR-West Conference,
Kathy Chiavola has posted a number of candid photos from this past Saturday's Bill Monroe tribute broadcast on A Prairie Home Companion. The show featured a number of stellar bluegrass artists, most of them former Blue Grass Boys. Kathy was on
The Farewell Drifters have posted a new video blog, wherein the guys successfully negotiate the drive through at Cookout, jam out on stage, and utilize a B-bender Telecaster. Zach Bevill is also captured in a pensive moment with his guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6A4lYNhUw
This coming Friday (11/11), Lonesome River Band will not only be the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, Sammy Shelor will appear as a guest with Steve Martin for official recognition of Sammy as the winner of
I've been waiting for this. Ever since distaff grassers Della Mae started making waves in Boston a couple years back, I have been looking out for a video of them performing the Pete Goble/Bobby Osborne, classic Big Spike Hammer, the song
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Dan Hays, their Executive Director for 21 years, is resigning his position effective February 29, 2012. Hays has served since 1990 when the organization was based in Owensboro, KY and was instrumental in
Our first Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay Chart is now available for viewing. This chart compiles the radio spins measured for the month prior, and will be released during the first week of each new month. Both are generated by reports from more
About 6 months ago somebody high up in the biz told me, “If you don’t have a MySpace account, you’re missing it. When it comes to a web presence for bands and musicians, MySpace has all the credibility.” I hadn’t looked
Last night's (11/1) edition of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central included a web-only performance from the Men of the Goat Rodeo: Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan. This quartet has recently released a new album of regional
Noam Pikelny has had help from some unexpected sources when it comes to promoting his new album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. First, the Punch Brothers banjoist was featured in an hilarious short film, created by his Hollywood pal
