• Wichita Rutherford on TV

    I had the opportunity to speak with podcast superstar Wichita Rutherford recently. Now Wichita is an interesting guy. He does podcast interviews with all kinds of people, especially bluegrass stars. He gives away free hams and scary movies. And he

  • Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer

    Mandolinist Butch Baldassari and dulcimer legend David Schnaufer have just released a new cd of duets showcasing traditional music of the Appalachian Mountains. Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer contains 14 songs that Baldassari and Schnaufer perform on a variety of mandolin

  • Legal music downloads and bluegrass

    The bluegrass music industry seems to find itself consistently behind the curve on technology, but more and more bluegrass artists are finding ways to make their music available for legal download. We've posted about artists that have downloads available here,

  • Sam Bush records with Garth Brooks

    Sam Bush recently went into the studio with Garth Brooks to record for what is thought to be a new upcoming project from Garth that will be available in Walmart Stores everywhere. Billboard reports that Garth recently inked an exclusive

  • Awards Poll Update – 10/01

    Only three and a half weeks left to vote! The poll will remain open until Thursday Oct. 27 at noon. Please be sure to vote before then. In this week's poll update we note that 58% of our registered users have

  • XM Satellite Radio on Direct TV

    On November 15, DIRECTV, the leading providers of digital satellite entertainment programming with 14.6 million DIRECTV customers nationwide, launches XM Satellite Radio, America's #1 satellite radio service with 5 million subscribers, on channels 801 through 879. This new partnership nearly

  • Ryman Auditorium

    The Ryman Auditorium has just announced the dates for the 2006 Martha White Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman series. There are six shows total. They run June 22 through July 27, 2006 on Thursday nights at 7:30 pm. A Bluegrass