• Bluegrass radio in spades

    Today (1/16) is a banner day for finding choice bluegrass online. After the Mountain Heart and David Bromberg live set at noon on WDVX, there are three other opportunities on broadcast and online radio. At 1:00 p.m., Ralph Stanley II will

  • Love, Lost and Found

    Lost and Found will have their new CD, Love, Lost and Found, released on Rebel Records on March 24. This will be their first CD in 7 years, and the first since the tragic loss of original mandolinist Dempsey Young

  • Butch Baldassari arrangements

    Funeral services for Butch Baldassari will be held this Saturday (1/17) at St. Francis of Assissi church in Scranton, PA. The family will greet visitors at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00. According to the obituary published in

  • Matt Leadbetter to Brand New Strings

    Knoxville, TN based Brand New Strings has hired Matt Leadbetter to play resonator guitar with the group, bringing them back up to five pieces. Matt had been working with Marty Raybon, and prior to that, with Lonesome River Band. Knoxville is

  • Mike Compton remembers Butch

    Noted mandolinist Mike Compton has also sent along his reflections on the death of Butch Baldassari, who passed away after a lengthy battle with brain cancer on January 10, 2009. Butch's passing has sort of caught me off-guard really. He seemed

  • Saturday Night Waltz from Joe Walsh

    Young mandolinist Joe Walsh has found himself mentioned several times of late on Bluegrass Today. We posted a report in May 2006 when Joe was still a student at the Berklee College Of Music, and performed with other Berklee bluegrassers at

  • Steve Martin in Bluegrass Now

    It's been great to see the tremendous interest in Steve Martin's upcoming banjo CD within the overlapping banjo and bluegrass communities. Martin has been a banjo picker since before he made it big, first as a comedian and later as a

  • Chris Jones on Butch Baldassari

    We got a note last night from Chris Jones with a remembrance of his friend and former band mate, Butch Baldassari, prompted by Butch's untimely passing on Saturday (1/10). Chris is not only an accomplished bluegrass singer, songwriter and bandleader, but

  • Ronnie McCoury remembers Butch Baldassari

    Ronnie McCoury has sent along a note remembering his friend, Butch Baldassari. He was on vacation with his family when he first learned of Butch's passing, and just now had a chance to share his thoughts. Butch was someone I admired