Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Take your vitamins. That's the word from Colleen Le Prell, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan. Le Prell works in the university's Kresge Hearing Research Institute, and has been studying the effects of vitamins on hearing loss. Admittedly, her studies thus

This post is a contribution from Kip Martin. A former Sunny Mountain Boy, Kip is a bassist and singer based near Washington D.C. and has worked with many popular East Cost bluegrass artists.. I am happy to report and wish my

Dr. Ralph Stanley will be celebrating his 80th Birthday tonight at a dinner to support The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood, VA. The dinner begins at 6 PM at Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, TN.

Here's a chance for bluegrass lovers everywhere to "give back" to a man who has contributed mightily to the development of our music. Clarence "Tater" Tate, who spent many years on stage as a member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, is

The International Bluegrass Music Association's marketing effort to bring new listeners into the fold, Discover Bluegrass, has a revamped web site, and encourages IBMA members to take advantage of some of the promotional opportunities offered via DiscoverBluegrass.com. The site now will

In a previous post, we told of Canadian banjo picker Jayme Stone's journey through West Africa in preparation for an upcoming CD based on African banjo music. He has agreed to send us a series of updates from Africa -

This is the second in a series of article about The New Music Business. I've been a bit out of pocket this week as I'm on vacation, but even so I noticed the news concerning EMI's decision to license DRM free

Just for fun here a video from YouTube of Tony Rice playing Shenandoah. This performance is taken from the DVD Bluegrass Journey. And, from what I can tell, was posted to YouTube by the producers. Hat tip: Fretboard Journal

The numbers are in for the first quarter and they don't look promising, at least not on the surface. Nielsen SoundScan reports that 89 million CDs were sold from January 1 through March 18. That's a drop of nearly 20%

Bluegrass photojournalist and author Stephanie P. Ledgin has been asked to show her work at this year's Rutgers University Faculty Authors Exhibition at Alexander Library in New Brunswick. Ledgin, who currently serves on the IBMA board, is a former part-time