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Here's a day 4 report on Merlefest 2011 from Georgia Lowrance, delayed by poor connectivity on Sunday. She provided us daily updates, with photos, from her position on the ground in Wilkesboro last weekend. The bulk of the photos

Joe Walsh, mandolinist with The Gibson Brothers, has a new solo project, Sweet Loam, on his own Skinny Elephant label. It's the second under his name, which offers him a chance to stretch out a bit stylistically on mandolin, and

From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

We have news of the passing of another notable figure, Jim Dickson, a west coast music producer who worked with a great many acoustic and bluegrass acts in Los Angeles. Dickson had produced the first four records for Country Gazette, which

Rebel Records has two new digital reissues which were released last week. We have on many occasions tipped our cap to the Rebel folks for their ongoing efforts to digitize and re-release their rich back catalog of classic bluegrass, generally at

Great news for fans of JD Crowe's banjo picking! We just got an update from Mike Drudge at Class Act Entertainment on JD's rehab progress after suffering multiple fractures in his left arm back in February. Crowe slipped getting off the

Sounds like big fun's a-brewin' this afternoon on WSM. At 3:00 p.m. (EDT), Jim VanCleve and Josh Shilling of Mountain Heart will welcome Sam Bush into the legendary WSM studio for this month's edition of That Just Happened with Mountain Heart.

We have learned of the recent death of another prominent bluegrass personality, Les McIntyre, who passed away on April 28 from a massive heart attack. He was 69 years old. Les was a fixture at WAMU in Washington, DC where he

From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

Here's a day 3 report on Merlefest 2011 from Georgia Lowrance, delayed by poor connectivity on Sunday. She has promised us daily updates, with photos, from her position on the ground in Wilkesboro. So many stages... so many artists... so little