Author: Richard Thompson

Singer songwriter Donna Ulisse will set out next week month to visit radio stations in the southeast for a series of in-studio performances to promote her current release, Walk This Mountain Down. The tour will begin with a live performance on

Leadership Bluegrass 2009 took place earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee, and the class of 26 participants examined such topics as The State of the Industry and a Profile of the Bluegrass Consumer, Songwriting and Publishing, Getting Music to Consumers

Ed Dye passed away in the early hours of yesterday (3/18), he was 72 years old. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he is noted as delivering newspapers to Hank Williams' mother. Dye was a renowned master of the world's oldest instrument,

Paul Warren has, rightly, been lauded as the greatest "breakdown" fiddler in a career that saw him work with Johnnie & Jack, Kitty Wells, the Wilburn Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs and Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass. Now Paul's son Johnny

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys are scheduled to feature as the highlight act at the Bath (England) International Music Festival on Friday, May 29. Stanley's appearance at the Pavilion, Bath, during the five-day event will be accompanied by several

Earlier this month we brought you news of the European Booking Network Notice Board, one initiative that came from the European Bluegrass Summit that took place early in February at Buhl/Baden (Germany). The summit considered in depth six topics, namely ‚Ķ‚Ķ Associations and

Last Fall we brought news of the amazing correctional surgery that has enabled 70 year old Eddie Adcock to continue with his passion, nay necessity, of banjo playing. Recently Adcock talked to a reporter with TSWI (The State We're In), Jonathan

Michelle Cupit is the subject of a newspaper report, written by fiddle player, actor and former Blue Grass Boy, Randall Franks, and published earlier this week in the LaFayette, Georgia newspaper, Walker County Messenger. The story focuses on her burgeoning career

These days it isn't any surprise that bluegrass is a world-wide phenomenon. However, the wonderment associated with stories from elsewhere continues. Yesterday, I came across an interesting story about bluegrass activities in Japan, in the Japan Times, to be precise. The story,

Tommy Webb, a recent recruit to the Rural Rhythm Records' roster, will have his first release, called Heartland (RHY-1043), on that label on April 21, 2009. The album, produced by Ron Stewart, includes 12 songs, several of which were written by