Miscellaneous bluegrass news

The winners of our recent Mountain Heart giveaway have all been contacted, and prizes are on the way. Thanks to everyone who participated in that promotion - downloading the free track from the band's newest CD, or entering the contest for

Following up John's earlier post, concerning the Associated Press story, claiming that: Beyonce went bluegrass in a surprise performance with country band Sugarland at the American Music Awards on Sunday night. As John pointed out, they also quote Beyonce as saying the

The Associated Press is reporting that last night's American Music Awards on ABC featured an unexpected duet between country sensation Sugarland and pop mega-star Beyonce Sugarland has been performing an acoustic version of the Beyonce song, Irreplaceable, in their stage show,

Tonight's (11/18) edition of BanjoTalk will be a Bill Sullivan Tribute show. BanjoTalk is a live, online, call-in radio show hosted by Dave Pericone at BanjoTalk.com. The show begins at 8:00 p.m. (EST), with Eric Sullivan (Bill's son) joining David to

The 9513 is the country/roots blog very similar to Bluegrass Today. It's a blog that covers new, album releases, and other items of interest to country music fans. Sometimes bluegrass and country get a little friendly and stray into one

We came across an article in the Herald Citizen (Cookeville, TN) about a new marketing effort by the city of Sparta, TN. In this official re-branding of the city's image and tourism identity, they will henceforth promote themselves as Bluegrass, USA. Home

We just received this photo from the opening ceremonies of the 25th Anniversary remembrance of The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. As Brance mentioned earlier this week, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent were to perform More Than

Congratulations to resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who picked up his third Musician of the Year award from the Country Music Association last night in Nashville. 2007 marked Jerry's 10th nomination for this CMA award, which was known as the Instrumentalist of

The Nashville office of Sugar Hill Records has some staff changes to report, effective today (11/1). Molly Nagel, who has been serving as Director of Publicity will assume the duties of Senior Director of Artist Development, offering project and marketing management

It's time for another informal poll. This will help us get to know each other better. Just tell us what your involvement with bluegrass is. Some of you might fall in more than one category, just pick the one that's