Miscellaneous bluegrass news

There are a number of other bluegrass artists with Grammy nominations announced yesterday. Rhonda Vincent and Bobby Osborne are nominated in the Best Country Collaboration With Vocals category for Midnight Angel, from Rhonda's All American Bluegrass Girl CD. The Del McCoury Band

We just got word that Jim VanCleve and his fianc?©, Desneige, welcomed their first born child on November 21, 2007. Ryann Yvonne VanCleve weighed in at 8lbs., 6oz. and 20 inches long. Congratulations to all the VanCleve's as they welcome Ryaan

We've had a number of new posts recently on The B, our user-directed section of Bluegrass Today. There is information in one post about Eddie & Martha Adcock's annual homeless benefit concert (on December 10), plus a reader review of the

In our original post about this election it seems we had the wrong Trent Dobbins. We've now been in touch with the Mr. Dobbins who is running for the office of Mayor of Bluegrass and he tells us he is

This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association. He is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. He wrote

Sheri Easter, daughter of Polly Copley, the middle of the three Lewis daughters, has posted an open letter to their friends and fans on The Lewis Family web site. In the letter, she shares the fact that her mom has

CMT.com has a very nice feature up on Bradley Walker, written by Craig Shelburne. Unlike the recent review of his Highway Of Dreams CD on NPR's Fresh Air program, the CMT piece accurately reflects Bradley's love for, and interest in

Earlier this month we brought you news that Wichita Rutherford had announced his campaign for the office of Mayor of Bluegrass. We've been carefully watching his campaign, along with that of competitor Trent Dobbins. Wichita recently visited Washington to share

There are a lot of bluegrass songs that reference cabins. Not the resort kind of cabin, I'm talking about the real deal, cabins people actually lived in. On the day after Thanksgiving I thought I'd direct your attention to a

On this day when those of us in the United States pause to reflect on the many blessings in our lives, Brance and I want to take a moment to express our gratitude to those of you who have supported