Sirius XM management's decision to cancel most shifts for acclaimed Bluegrass Junction DJ Chris Jones is part of a broader plan to eliminate hosts from some of its music channels. In addition to ending Jones' weekday shifts, the satellite radio giant
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a look at day one at SPBGMA.
The Osborne Brothers were one of the most influential bands in bluegrass history. They're one of only a handful of bluegrass bands whose music transcended bluegrass and found mainstream success in the larger country music world. With twenty-one singles on the
North Carolina banjo player L.W. Lambert passed away on January 23, 2014, at his home in Olin. He was 87 years old and his health had been declining for a while. Luin Wilford Lambert, Jr was born April 18, 1926, in
The last time I talked to Kip Martin on the phone, we were trying to figure out how to get an Epiphone upright bass from my music room in the DC suburbs into his hands near Nashville. Kip was feeling good,
Pete Seeger, known to the world variously as a utopian idealist, a communist propagandist, a union agitator, a passionate environmentalist, or a folksinger, died last night. He was 94 years old. To fans of the banjo, however, he will always be
Here's a pair of fun videos from this week. The first is from Melody Williamson, who sings with her family group, Williamson Brach. It's a song she wrote called There's No Country Here, which while more country than bluegrass, expresses an
Rural Rhythm Records has announced two new albums in their Heritage Collection series, bringing to six the number of re-releases from their deep catalog of bluegrass and old time music. The Legendary J.E. Mainer, Volume 3 was originally released in 1968,
Among the several new products announced for 2014, Martin has a few that will be of special interest to bluegrass guitar pickers. Of particular note is a new model in their Authentic series, the D-28 Authentic 1937. Like the others in this
The members of Ohio's String Therapy are mourning the loss of their founder and mandolinist. Jim Reed, age 47, passed away on January 3, 2014, in Shelbyville, KY. Jim not only served as mandolinist with String Therapy for the past 15 years,
