• Mountain Heart on WSM

    Bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart will launch a new monthly radio program this afternoon on Nashville powerhouse WSM at 2:00 p.m. CST (3:00 p.m. Eastern). The show will be called That Just Happened with Mountain Heart which, after today's debut,

  • If you think Dailey & Vincent are silly on stage…

    ... you should see their sound check! Jamie Dailey shot this video yesterday before their show in Pottstown, PA. What a bunch of goofs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyUycMm8ug Now far be it from Bluegrass Today to engage in speculation about non-bluegrass activity... but did you see

  • Josh Williams CD coming out on Rounder

    When Pinecastle Records went down this time last year, we mourned most particularly for its impact on Josh Williams' excellent CD Down Home, which virtually disappeared after the label folded. The record had been scheduled for release in February 2010, precisely

  • Josh Goforth on RBI

    Josh Goforth, fiddler with Carolina Road, will be the guest on this weekend's Best Of Bluegrass show on Radio Bluegrass International. The show, hosted by Bob Mitchell, airs on Fridays from 9:00-11:00 a.m. (EST) and again on Sundays from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Bob

  • WaPo goes all Mike Auldridge on us

    Today's (1/30) edition of The Washington Post has a lengthy special feature on DC native and bluegrass reso-legend Mike Auldridge. The article By Bill Friskics-Warren chronicles Mike's discovery of the instrument, and his storied career in bluegrass music through the eyes

  • Dierks Bentley is Fiddlin’ Around

    Dierks Bently has a new video from his heralded Up On The Ridge CD, which mixed some modern bluegrass in with his mainstream country sound. The new video is for the song Fiddlin' Around, the number he performed on the 2010

  • The Starday Story: Book Update

    In July last year we told you about a forthcoming book by Nathan Gibson about Starday Records, The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built.  We have received news today that it has now been published. Published by the University

  • Do-It-Yourself Bluegrass Biz

    While there are independent artists in virtually all genres of music, and there are resources for learning to manage your career as an indie artist, each genre has its own distinguishing peculiarities. From bluegrass festivals, to coffee shop jam sessions,

  • Live bluegrass in the Video Vault

    Crossroads has launched their new online Video Vault, offering download or streaming purchase of live concerts from their Gospel and bluegrass artists. These are high quality videos, professionally shot and switched live with no editing to preserve the essence of

  • Special request from RBI

    As you are probably aware, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, operates an Internet radio station, Radio Bluegrass International (RBI). Derik Wayne Hancock, the person who operates RBI, has issued a plea for early radio accoutrements. While he has