• Americana 2008 Top 100 Albums

    The Americana Music Association has recently published its Top 100 Albums for November 19, 2007 through to November 10, 2008. In keeping with the success at the Americana award show on September where Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won the Album

  • Billboard Bluegrass chart

    The year end summary of the Billboard bluegrass music charts are now available to view on-line. The upper reaches of the Album and Artist charts are dominated by 'on the edge' groups, with Old Crow Medicine Show taking the top spot

  • Curly Seckler on radio

    Fans of bluegrass veteran Curly Seckler will be able to enjoy two radio programs in which he is featured during the holiday period. On Friday, December 26 Seckler discusses his career with host Frank Stasio on North Carolina Public Radio's

  • A Farewell from the Publisher

    When we noted last week that Bluegrass Now would cease publication after this current (12/08) issue, it was noted in the comments section that no statement from the publishers had been issued. Longtime publishers Wayne and Deb Bledsoe have now released

  • Introducing DelFest Academy

    The inaugural DelFest Academy will take place from May 18-21, 2009. The Academy, which will take place at the DelFest venue - the Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, Maryland - provides two levels of instruction: Level 1 (novice to intermediate) and Level

  • IBMA Travelogue #13

    Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to attend the IBMA convention. It was his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his

  • Spring Creek in the studio

    Spring Creek, who signed to the Rebel Records label in September, has begun recording their as yet unnamed third album at Notably Fine Audio in Denver, Colorado. The Lyons, Colorado-based quartet, Alex Johnstone (mandolin, fiddle and vocals), Jessica Smith (bass and

  • Grascals add girl power

    In a story entitled The Grascals add girl power to their lineup, journalist Derek Halsey, writing for the Huntington, West Virginia Herald-Dispatch, previewed a recent Grascals show, the eighth featuring the band with recent banjo recruit, Kristin Scott Benson. Benson spoke

  • New Dailey & Vincent CD in March 2009

    Following comment by the duo on WAMU's Katy Daley show last week comes confirmation today that Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have a second album in the pipeline for next year.The IBMA Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent have

  • New bass player for NewFound Road

    Rounder Records has announced that there has been a personnel change within the ranks of NewFound Road. Jamey Booher, formerly of Grasstowne and The Booher Family, is replacing Randy Barnes on bass in the contemporary bluegrass quartet. A native of Johnson City,