Miscellaneous bluegrass news

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

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, and a bunch of broke bluegrass musicians wondering what to get for their sweety, I thought this might help some people out. After changing your guitar strings, you don't have to throw the old

Outside of bluegrass music circles, the image of banjo players is not always a complimentary one. From the frequent "Paddle faster... I hear banjo music" T-shirts, to the seemingly endless supply of banjo jokes and drooling hayseed stereotypes, you could

Just about a year ago, we posted about a new, two year college program to study bluegrass music being launched in Kentucky. At the time, we noted that the first class was not to be enrolled until the Fall '07

Kim Gardner, resophonic guitarist with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and his wife Geri welcomed their daughter, Karsten Rae Gardner, into the world on January 14, 2007. All are reported to be doing well. Congratulations to the proud new parents!

Pete Seeger and co-author Paul DuBois Jacobs were awarded the Schneider Family Book Award this week for their 2005 book, The Deaf Musicians. It is a story about a young musician who loses his hearing, and forms a band of

If you are a mandolin player, or lover, here is a great opportunity for you. SoundArt Recordings is giving away several Apple iPods along with your choice of five CDs of mandolin music from the SoundArt Catalog as part of

We found two interesting articles online that should be of interest to banjo pickers, and folks who enjoy banjo music. The first is a piece in today's Washington Post (1/19/07) on John McEuen. Written by Post staffer Richard Harrington, the article

There are a number of new posts on The B - our user-submitted section of Bluegrass Today - which are worthy of some attention. This is where any registered user can post news or information that they would like to