Miscellaneous bluegrass news

We just heard from our friend Ron Stewart, current fiddler with JD Crowe & The New South, and one of the busiest and most sought-after session players in bluegrass music. He and his wife, Sherri, celebrated the birth of their son,

I just got a note from our pal Wichita Rutherford. He's got something special happening at WichitasBlog.com and he wanted the bluegrass community to know about it first. Here's what's happening. Starting tomorrow at 11 AM Wichita is going to

Last month, we reported on the planned attempt for a Guinness Book record in the Largest Musical Ensemble with banjo players during an Atlanta Braves baseball game on September 13. The event is spearheaded by the folks at Banjo.com, and

Tower Records is a name most music fans/buyers are familiar with. Most of us have probably bought a CD or two from Tower Records in the past. I know I've even seen some great "in store" performances by bluegrass artists

Our pal Wichita Rutherford, the host of 5 Minutes With Wichita and the first podcaster to sign a deal with SIRIUS Satellite Radio, or any form of major media for that matter, now has a blog entitled Wichita's Blog, wherein

After looking over some of the old posts I just mentioned in the last post, I thought it would be interesting to bring you an update of our first news post. It was July of 2005 and we reported to

Mandolin Cafe is reporting that Rigel Mandolins has ceased production and is going out of business. Rigel was noted for unorthodox design and construction techniques, and their instruments were championed by a number of mando-enthusiasts who embraced the sometimes radical

The Walk of Stars in Hollywood is now going to have a counterpart in Nashville, a thoroughfare offering a constellation of five-pointed stars honoring the city's achievers "? the singers, musicians, songwriters, producers and executives who've put the music into

Rhonda Vincent has been described as the Queen of Bluegrass Music on more than one occasion, but on September 1, it will become official. The folks who put on the National Old Time Country & Bluegrass Music Festival in Missouri

David Russell with The Bluegrass Journal reports that this past weekend's benefit concert for Ernie Thacker was a great success. It was held in Flat Rock, MI. The show kicked off at 2:00 PM and carried on through to 9:00 PM.