Bluegrass At Large

John Pennell, bass player with The Charlie Sizemore Band, asked us to post this remembrance of his friend, Wayne Fields, who died on March 21. Wayne played banjo with Sizemore, and is featured on his recent CD, Good News, released in

We posted last week with the happy news that John and Vickie Chapman were celebrating the birth of their daughter, Kylie, tempered with the sadder news that she was being treated for complications from Meconium Aspiration. We now hear that Kylie

Long-time students of bluegrass instruments will recall with fondness the name Oak Publications, a division of Music Sales that released some fine instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and bass starting in the 1970s. While the brand has remained

Here's a brief update to our post from last week about Gibson's new limited edition Earl Scruggs Flint Hill Special banjo model. In our previous post, we mentioned that no pricing information was found on the Gibson site, and that our

We've got what sounds like a great show at Komedia Brighton! Recapturing the Banjo features Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Otis Taylor & Don Vapple - the leaders of the new generation of black American blues masters celebrate the African

Runaway Freight will be on "live from the pick Inn " radio show this Thursday. The band will perform their new single "welcome aboard."  "Welcome aboard" is their new single from primecuts of bluegrass volume 92 and it is

A unique chance to experience World Class instruction while surrounded by the Appalachian culture & music. Styles include B.G, Canadian, Scottish, Irish, Contest, Classical, Old-timey, Swedish and Appalachian, as well as traditional dance. Jam with locals, enjoy an artist performance,

The market giveth, and the market taketh away... We commented last week on somber news about CD sales at the wholesale level, mentioning the recent demise of long-time bluegrass and old time wholesale distributor, The Record Depot. Their closing has had

Wichita Rutherford is reporting this morning on the latest lawsuit to involve a bluegrass celebrity. Bobby Osborne has reportedly been sued for $16 million, in a suit claiming he caused irreparable hearing damage to a listener's ears, when hitting the high

Hi, I wanted to comment on the radio show called Skaggs Place.. I love Ricky Skaggs bluegrass music and appreciate that he has an entire week to honor bluegrass founders, but I think today he should have picked the Bluegrass