Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Don't forget to register to win a free, autographed copy of the new Mountain Heart CD, Road That Never Ends: the live album. Other Mountain Heart merchandise, such as t-shirts and ball caps, will also be given away. If you downloaded

Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, remembers Benny Williams, and recounts his long, and largely unheralded career in bluegrass and country music. Benjamin Horace "Benny" Williams: March 28, 1931 - October 11, 2007. Benny Williams died earlier this month in St Thomas

We got this note a short while ago from Penni McDaniel at Hope River Entertainment regarding teen-aged bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Ryan Holladay. I just received a call from Mark and Lisa Holladay. Unfortunately their home caught fire yesterday, but the good news

November 3 will see four new exhibits unveiled at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Three will focus on the pioneering work of members of the IBMA's Hall of Honor: Pete Kuykendall - founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Lance Leroy -

We posted last month about pioneering bluegrass guitarist George Shuffler being recognized by the North Carolina Arts Council for his lifetime of contributing to the world of traditional and bluegrass music. George worked with The Stanley Brothers for many years,

Here's another reminder about the Butch Baldassari benefit concert to be held tomorrow, October 22, on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. A long-time and greatly-beloved member of the mandolin community, Butch is battling an inoperable brain tumor,

Rhonda Vincent is running a new contest, offering those who pre-order her new CD the chance to win a piece of bluegrass history. The first place winner will receive the Weber mandolin Rhonda is holding on the cover. Second places gets

Clarence "Tater" Tate, a long-time member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys and Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass, passed away on Wednesday. Tater had been battling lung cancer for some time, and will be fondly remembered as long as people play bluegrass

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs were honored last night as they were inducted into Nashville Songwriters Association International's Hall Of Fame at their 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony. Marty Stuart inducted Flatt & Scruggs, recalling how he

The Idaho Falls Arts Council has an ongoing program called Art You Can Sit On. The program commissions local artisans to create benches that are art forms. These benches are created out of a variety of materials and are placed