Miscellaneous bluegrass news

This post is another from our all-the-more regular contributor, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. The latest edition of

We posted back in November when CMT announced their Music City Madness video contest, timed and structured to coincide with the annual NCAA basketball tournaments. We mentioned at the time that CMT was hoping to get some bluegrass entries, and

The February 2007 issue Journal of Political Economy contains a story written by Felix Oberholzer-Gee (Harvard University) and Koleman Strumpf (University of Kansas) which claims to have found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale

The 49th annual Grammy Awards were presented last night, and a few of our own were honored with awards. The biggest bluegrass award of the night was given to Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder who took home the Grammy for Best

Yesterday I posted about about the controversy that Steve Jobs stirred up with his open letter to the music industry concerning digital downloads and DRM. Today two things caught my attention while doing some reading online. The first is a rumor

Two days ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs ignited a fire that is still burning in the music industry. DRM, Digital Rights Management, is all over the news thanks to an open letter he posted on the Apple.com website. Jobs called

We posted early in January when Claire Lynch launched her January Bluegrass Haiku contest, with entry information. The judges have now carefully reviewed the many entries, and winning poems have been selected. Claire announced the winners in her monthly email

This musical isn't new. It's been around for 4 years having been premiered at the San Diego Repertory Theater in the spring of 2003. I only recently became aware of it as it's still in production and traveling the country. Fire

Tony Trischka is in Los Angeles today to tape an appearance for The Ellen DeGeneres Show with banjo picking comedian/actor Steve Martin. This show is set to air on Thursday, February 8. Times vary from one market to another. They will

Here's an entry for our Celebrity Style Section on Bluegrass Today. It's a photo of Rhonda Vincent with country music sensation and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood at the Nashville Grammy Nominees party, held last week at the Loews Vanderbilt