• Bluegrass Grammy nominees

    The nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards were announced today, and a number of bluegrass/acoustic artists see their names in the list. The nominees for the Best Bluegrass Album are: Cherryholmes II Black And White - Cherryholmes Lefty's Old Guitar - J.D. Crowe

  • Rhonda on XM Friday morning

    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will debut their newly recorded episode of Studio Special on Friday (12/7) featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. For many, this will be the first chance to hear the latest edition of The Rage, with

  • Two new CDs from Flatpicking Guitar

    Flatpicking Guitar Records has two new CD releases which you may want to consider when contemplating gifts for your favorite flatpicker - or flatpicking fan. Plaidgrass is a band whose foundation concept is a mixture of Celtic music instrumentation with a

  • Jim Lauderdale video coming soon

    Jim Lauderdale has just wrapped up shooting and editing his new music video for This Is The Last Time I'm Ever Gonna' Hurt, from his current Yep Roc Records release, The Bluegrass Diaries. Shooting took place in the Fanny Mae Dees

  • Welcome Andrew Rigsby

    Kentucky bluegrasser Don Rigsby and his wife Tina welcomed their son, Andrew, to the world on December 1. He was born just before 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, and landed at 6 lb. 9 oz. (19.5''). Congratulations to Don and Tina,

  • Rhonda Vincent interview online

    Also just up on the Rounder Records site is a brief interview with Rhonda Vincent regarding her upcoming CD, Good Thing Going. They discussed several aspects of the project's creation including recording at home, who she chose to track with her,

  • Dailey & Vincent audio samples up

    Rounder has just posted audio samples for all 12 tracks on the widely-anticipated and self-titled debut release from Dailey & Vincent. There are also four full length tracks from the CD available for online listening on the band's MySpace page. Check

  • Gibson Brothers new CD in 2008

    Another new CD we can expect in 2008 is Iron and Diamonds from The Gibson Brothers, due in March on Sugar Hill Records. It will feature seven new songs written by Eric and Leigh Gibson, plus covers from unexpected artists

  • Cool Mandolins for Kids needs your help

    We told you a few months back about a wonderful program called Cool Mandolins for Kids which tries to match up young pickers with mandolins that are gathering dust under someone's bed. The program is administered by Laura Leder, who manages

  • Mountain Heart music video

    Mountain Heart is looking to take advantage of the early chart success that their latest CD, Road That Never Ends, has enjoyed with a music video for the title track. The new release appeared on the Billboard Bluegrass chart the