Miscellaneous bluegrass news

I don't know how many of you have given Guitar Hero a try, but maybe you'll be interested in this. Bill Destler, president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, is a collector of antique banjos and loves technology. With the help

We devoted a lot of space here on Bluegrass Today last summer when The Wright Kids, a bluegrass trio of pre teen siblings from Rocky Mount, VA, made it to the televised finals of America's Got Talent. Though they were voted

If you are a user of the portable GPS devices known as TomTom, and a bluegrass fan, you may be interested in this. Apparently these handy little devices not only give you directions, they can actually speak the directions to

The Huffington Post, one of the more popular blogs on the internet, recently posted the exclusive fifth part of an interview with Bob Dylan, conducted by "rock critic and MTV producer Bill Flanagan." Dylan is soon to release Together Through Life,

Every year IBMA hosts a three day event called Leadership Bluegrass. Leadership Bluegrass provides an opportunity for disparate members of the community, such as artists, engineers, label reps, etc., to all gather together for three days, in Nashville, to learn

BMI's Music World, an online publication of the venerable performing rights organization, has a new article up that features an interview of Earl Scruggs by Béla Fleck. They plug the interview as being about composing - not surprising since they are

Hats off to Aubrey Haynie, who was awarded the Top Fiddle Player Of The Year trophy on Sunday (4/5) at the Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Bryan Sutton, Randy Kohrs and Rob Ickes also received nominations this year.

Our friend Karen Cannon has unveiled a new painting in her collection of bluegrass-themed art. Entitled No Respect, it captures a feeling that may be familiar to a good many banjo players out there, treed by a bunch of rowdy

Jayme Stone is two-for-two at the Juno Awards, honoring the best of Canadian music each year. Last night (3/29), he picked up his second award for the Best World Music Album of 2009 for his Africa To Appalachia project with Mansa

Folklorist and musicologist Aaron ‘Archie' Green passed away at his home in San Francisco, on Sunday, March 22. He was 91. Green, who specialized in the songs, language and customs of America's working class, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on