• The ‘new guy’ with Mountain Heart

    There has been much discussion this past few weeks about Josh Shilling, the newest member of Mountain Heart who joined the band when founding member Steve Gulley departed in late 2006. Whenever a major band makes such a prominent change

  • EWOB lineup for ’07 announced

    The European Bluegrass Blog has posted the lineup of entertainers for this year's European World Of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. It will be held May 17-19, 2007 and includes a trade show, a performance festival, a business conference

  • Double banjos on Ellen

    Tony Trischka is in Los Angeles today to tape an appearance for The Ellen DeGeneres Show with banjo picking comedian/actor Steve Martin. This show is set to air on Thursday, February 8. Times vary from one market to another. They will

  • Rhonda Vincent and Carrie Underwood

    Here's an entry for our Celebrity Style Section on Bluegrass Today. It's a photo of Rhonda Vincent with country music sensation and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood at the Nashville Grammy Nominees party, held last week at the Loews Vanderbilt

  • Build your own bluegrass song

    The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, has a brand new web site, with a fun twist and a chance to win a custom built mandolin or guitar. The Trail is the state of Virginia's official tour guide for traditional

  • Bluegrass photo videos on YouTube

    Award-winning photojournalist Stephanie P. Ledgin has created a video montage of some of her images of bluegrass and roots music artists, and posted it on YouTube. She created two versions of the video, one with a bluegrass music track, and

  • Straight From The Porch

    We got a new CD recently that will appeal to folks who like to hear simple old time and folk melodies played on stringed instruments, in an unassuming, relaxed style. It's called Straight From The Porch, and comes from

  • Alison Krauss, John Waite on Leno

    Bluegrass/country star Alison Krauss will make an appearance Monday (2/5) on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, performing with veteran British pop singer John Waite. They will sing Waite's recent re-recording of his 1984 hit, Missing You, which was redone