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We had posted last month about the tragic death of Chris Scott, son of Tony and Pam Rice, in a terrible motorcycle accident on August 17. After receiving dozens of requests concerning memorial donations, Tony and Pam have asked that anyone

The Deadly Gentlemen are one of those bands that exists in the nether regions, somewhere between a typical bluegrass outfit using the traditional instruments they employ, and the crafty, somewhat zany mind of their fearless leader, banjo innovator Greg Liszt. As

Chris Jones has scheduled a special Bill Monroe tribute for today's (9/9) edition of his Truegrass show on Sirius XM's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 61) at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). "I'll be playing lots of Bill's music, with an emphasis on the early

We reported on Tuesday that Sammy Shelor had been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music. This is the second year that Martin has endowed this $50,000 annual award, which

Dale Ann Bradley has released a video for the first single from her new Compass CD, Somewhere South Of Crazy. The song is Come Home Good Boy, the poignant plea of a fearful mother with her young son away at war,

Mountain Heart's That Just Happened radio show on WSM in Nashville airs the first Tuesday of each month from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Central). Jim Van Cleve and Josh Shilling are your jovial hosts for a program that shares a name with

Dailey & Vincent are on tour in Ireland, and took a moment during their visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral to throw out a rendition of Amazing Grace. You can see in the video how hearing their own voices spiraling up to

Bearfoot has just released an online video, highlighting a recent visit the band made to both an elementary and high school in Gillette, Wyoming this past February. The group was created in Alaska some years ago as a result of just

Nu-Blu has chosen an online video to introduce their most recent member, mandolinist Austin Koerner. Austin isn't really all that new - he appears on the band's recent CD, The Blu-Disc - but he is the newest, and he shares a

In addition to being a highly-regarded banjo luthier, Warren Yates has a reputation as a merry prankster, with a touch of theatrical flair. Things must be slow in the banjo world, as Yates found the time to create this clever video