• 2008 SPBGMA Awards

    There is no official posting of a winners list yet on the SPBGMA web site for Saturday night's 34th Annual Bluegrass Awards, but we did find them on Rhonda Vincent's message board. As has been the case of late, Rhonda and

  • Otis Taylor – Recapturing The Banjo

    Students and fans of bluegrass and old time music, and a great many people with an interest in American folk music, know of the African roots of our beloved banjo. Academics and ethnomusicologists have written extensively on the topic, but

  • SPBGMA photos online

    Our buddy Crawdaddy Dave (Dave Roye) will be posting photos and videos from the 2008 SPBGMA Convention in Nashville this weekend on his web site. He has already posted several videos from Thursday (1/31), including several hallway jams and a performance

  • Dannick introduces aluminum banjo tone ring

    The American Made Banjo Co. will unveil their new lightweight banjo tone ring today at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville. The Aluminum Dannick tone ring came into being after American Made owner Tom Mirisola's search for a lighter banjo with a

  • Country Fried Bush

    A movie and a mandolin...? Sam Bush will be the guest on Hazel Smith's Southern Fried Flicks on CMT this weekend. He'll join Hazel on her kitchen set for some cooking tips as she prepares some of her tasty dishes -

  • Sirius Super Pick Off

    Starting this evening at 5:00 p.m., and running through the end of the game on Sunday night, Sirius Bluegrass will celebrate Super Bowl weekend with a bluegrass Pick Off. On-air hosts Chris Jones, Ned Luberecki and Joey Black have compiled the

  • Blue Highway audio samples up

    There are now audio samples on the Rounder Records site from the new Blue Highway CD, Through the Window of a Train. It isn't due for release until February 12, but you will have a chance to hear many of the

  • RadioIO adds newgrass stream

    Internet streaming audio service RadioIO is doubling their channel offerings this month, going from 28 to 60 discrete streams by February 1. Among the new channels is a Newgrass stream to feature acoustic music a bit too edgy for their

  • The newest Gibson model

    We just got a note from Eric Gibson, one half of the bluegrass singing and songwriting duo, The Gibson Brothers, with wonderful news. "Leigh Gibson and his wife Alison welcomed Joseph Arleigh into the world at 1:30 a.m. this morning." Congratulations to