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Skaggs Family Records is offering a free track download from the upcoming Cherryholmes CD, Cherryholmes IV Common Threads. The track is Live It, the first single from the new album, featuring the plaintive voice of Molly Cherryholmes, the youngest of

Actually a much older one... Banjoist Jake Schepps is in the studio recording his stringband arrangements of 20th century composer Bela Bartok's music. He will include pieces from the Mikrokosmos, Music for Children, Romanian Folk Dance #1, and 6 of the

Katy Daley,  long-time DC bluegrass radio personality and morning host at WAMUs Bluegrass Country, recently interviewed Doyle Lawson for the Video Oral History Project, a program managed by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. VOHP was undertaken to

Today (April 16) offers a couple of options to hear some great live bluegrass on the radio. At noon, Dixie Bee-Liners will perform on Blue Plate Special, airing on WDVX from Knoxville. This is live radio, like the old days... no

Amber Collins, lead singer with No Speed Limit, is profiled in a nice interview today on Clik Track, the Washington Post pop music blog. The piece comes as Collins and her boys are in the midst of the Music From

We've posted a few times already about country crooner Dierks Bentley, and his upcoming CD, Up On The Ridge. It is due on June 8 from Capitol Records, with an assist from Sugar Hill, and is being promoted as his

Grandson of banjo legend Earl Scruggs, Chris Scruggs has taken a different musical path. He performs rock, and sometimes country, music as a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He's been largely disconnected with the bluegrass roots in his family. In fact,

We've posted a few times about The Quebe Sisters, a fascinatingly retro sibling trio from Fort Worth who combine triple fiddles with tight three-part harmony on both original and classic Texas swing music. They were a smash hit at IBMA

Be on the lookout for The Chapmans on the radio this Sunday (4/11). They will be hosting and performing live on Bass Country FM from Springfield, MO from 9:00-11:00 p.m. (EDT). The show will be broadcast over the air at 92.9

Bluegrass artists and bands have embraced Facebook, just as have musicians and independent artists in all genres worldwide. It can be a quick and easy way to reach fans, and to build a loyal base on online followers without a