Bluegrass At Large

Don't forget to register to win a free, autographed copy of the new Mountain Heart CD, Road That Never Ends: the live album. Other Mountain Heart merchandise, such as t-shirts and ball caps, will also be given away. If you downloaded

The title cut "Welcome Aboard" from Runaway Freight's new gospel cd plays in mp3 format when you go to www.runawayfreight.com the cd is scheduled for a December 1st release. it will be available on cdbaby.com and from the band's

Nickel Creek in one word: Flawless. Set aside for one moment the fact that Chris Thile, Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins are obviously masters of their instruments. You know an instrumentalist is a true musician when he or she can make

Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, remembers Benny Williams, and recounts his long, and largely unheralded career in bluegrass and country music. Benjamin Horace "Benny" Williams: March 28, 1931 - October 11, 2007. Benny Williams died earlier this month in St Thomas

We got this note a short while ago from Penni McDaniel at Hope River Entertainment regarding teen-aged bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Ryan Holladay. I just received a call from Mark and Lisa Holladay. Unfortunately their home caught fire yesterday, but the good news

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. Both Cliff Wagner and the Old #7 and the Clark

With the release this week of the new Mountain Heart album, Bluegrass FM in Virginia and BluegrassFm.org has produced a 30 minute radio special featuring six tracks from the group's new CD "Road That Never Ends" and exclusive interviews with

Next Great American Band (American Idol's band contest) airs tonight at 8PM on FOX television, it features southern California's own Cliff Wagner & The Old #7. Keep 'em on the air by voting tonight. It's free from a land line,

And yet even more great music on the radio today... Tonight (10/26) at 8:00 p.m., Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone will be featured on CBC Radio 2's Canada Live program. CBC will be broadcasting a pair of concerts featuring Stone's eclectic tastes

Stephen Mougin, of the Sam Bush Band, just emailed in to let us know that he is currently visiting Slovakia and doing a number of shows with friends while there. He played last weekend with the band Fragment. Fragment has toured