Miscellaneous bluegrass news

We have just received information that Rounder Records has been acquired by a major independent California-based entity, Concord Music Group. Rounder is the home of such noted artists as Alison Krauss & Union Station, JD Crowe & The New South,

We had the opportunity recently to check in with Sarah Jarosz, who is doing double-duty as a touring singer/songwriter, and taking a full load of courses as a first year student at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music. Her debut

Classic Bikes and Bluegrass Festival Art of the Bike is proud to present our 1st Annual Classic Bikes and Bluegrass Festival on May 8th in Frenchtown, NJ. We will have a gathering of some of the regions best classic bikes and some great

Last week we told you that Curley Seckler had undergone a triple bypass operation. Today, we can provide an update courtesy of his manager, Penny Parsons …….. “Curly Seckler continues to make progress in his recovery from triple bypass surgery on

Larry Cordle also sent along this remembrance of his friend and fellow Kentuckian, Gerald Evans. "Bluegrass lost a great musician saturday April 10, 2010. His fiddle silenced by that scourge of mankind, cancer. Gerald Evans was far too young to leave

We have reported previously about Gerald Evans, the popular Kentucky bluegrass musician, singer and songwriter, and his battle with cancer. He had been diagnosed in the summer of 2009 with an aggressive, stage 4 cancer that was already widespread throughout

Curly Seckler suffered a mild heart attack on April 3 and underwent triple bypass surgery on April 5 in Nashville. The surgery went well and he is expected to to spend about a week in the hospital before being able

HEAR music, LIKE music, BUY music It’s so simple and obvious. It’s always been true. It only happens that way, and it only happens in that order. If your online music strategy doesn’t follow that universal truth, then you’re only making

As if he didn't have enough already... Del McCoury will be among the 2010 Pennsylvania Governor's Arts Awards Honorees when they are presented on April 8. He will accept the Artist of the Year award, also known as the Hazlett Memorial

We're always excited to discover a new group of young people who play and sing bluegrass music with excellence. So it was with some sadness that we learned The Lovell Sisters were saying farewell. The band, consisting of three sisters