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Last week's Just Plain Folks Awards in Nashville brought good news to a number of our favorite bluegrass gals. Donna Hughes, Valerie Smith and Donna Ulisse each won in different categories. Hughes took Bluegrass Album for Gaining Wisdom, Ulisse, Bluegrass Song

The unpleasant infighting among the children of Jimmy Martin over his estate, an open secret for years within the bluegrass community, has hit the mainstream media. The Tennessean, Nashville's hometown newspaper, has published a story on the ongoing legal battle over

The upcoming Mountain Roads Recordings CD, Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean, will be premiered tonight (8/29) on WBRF FM 98.1 in Galax, VA. The album celebrates the contributions of Galyean, a legendary performer from western North Carolina

WAMU's Bluegrass Country has posted a video from Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper's recent visit to their Washington studio. The guys run through a number of songs live in the studio, and chat with Bluegrass Country host Katy Daley. If you've not

The Grascals are among the stars selected to perform during the 44th Annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. This television stalwart, which raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will air on affiliate stations all over the US starting on Sunday,

Here is another Light In The Window post from Richard F. Thompson. A variation of this piece has been published in British Bluegrass News. Light In The Window - A series of rambles about CDs by bluegrassmercury It has been a long

Audio from the most recent edition of Mountain Stage, featuring music from Jerry Douglas and Jayme Stone can be found at NPR.org. Douglas performs a set of music from his latest CD, Glide, along with his band: Luke Bulla on fiddle,

Apropos of Richard's fine tribute to Mike Seeger, here is some related news. The Arhoolie Foundation has recently released a DVD of the Yasha Aginsky film, Always Been A Rambler, an hour-long documentary on the New Lost City Ramblers, of which

The music video for Cadillac Sky's version of I'll Follow You into the Dark, their quirky cover of the Death Cab For Cutie hit, has been released online. The song is included on the band's recent self-produced EP/CD, Weary

Regular Sirius-XM host Chris Jones will be in an unfamiliar position tomorrow when he is interviewed tomorrow on Bluegrass Junction (Sirius 65, XM 14). Chris is a regular host for their bluegrass music programming, but on Wednesday (8/26) he'll be in