• Bobby Osborne to receive honorary degree

    Bobby Osborne will be recognized next month during the graduation ceremony for the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Hazard, KY on May 15. He will receive an honorary Associate Degree in Human Letters from Dr. Allen Goben,

  • Tom Riggs and Pinecastle Records

    The bluegrass music industry has been hit hard by the sudden announcement on January 29 that Pinecastle Records was shutting down, with only 2 days notice. The decision was made by the family of Tom Riggs, who founded the company

  • Tim Graves back with Bobby O

    Bobby Osborne has announced that resonator guitarist Tim Graves has rejoined The Rocky Top X-Press, returning a year after he had recently departed. He had worked off and on with Bobby since 2001 when he joined The Osborne Brothers. Graves is

  • Bobby Osborne to Rural Rhythm

    Bobby Osborne will be starting out the new year with a new label and plans for two new CD releases. He has signed with Rural Rhythm Records and is already hard at work on his first release with the California-based record

  • Bobby Osborne on Stained Glass Bluegrass

    Host Bob Webster will feature an interview with bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne on this week's (3/29) edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Osborne's new CD, Bluegrass & Beyond, will be released on Rounder this Tuesday (3/31), and Bob

  • Bobby Osborne – Bluegrass & Beyond

    Among the forthcoming releases from Rounder Records is Bobby Osborne's third album for the label. Entitled Bluegrass & Beyond (Rounder 0603), the CD is scheduled to be available for general purchase on March 31. For this 12-track album, Osborne, with his

  • Rocky Top anniversary at The Ryman

    We received a note yesterday from Daniel Grindstaff, banjo player with Marty Raybon. He had a very special opportunity come his way just after Christmas and wanted to share the story with everyone here on Bluegrass Today. Bobby Osborne was scheduled

  • Bobby Osborne – Bluegrass & Beyond

    Rounder has announced January 20, 2009 as the release date for a new project from Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. Bluegrass & Beyond will feature 12 new tracks from Bobby and his band (Bobby Osborne Jr. on bass, Dana

  • The Sunny Side Of Appalachia

    West Virginia author B. L. Dotson-Lewis has published her third book on the people and culture of the Appalachian region. The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots traces the early days of the music through first person