Bluegrass At Large

Noted instructor and instrumentalist Dix Bruce has two new book/CD sets for fans of the Hot Club of France sound, popularized by Django Rhinehart. They are titled Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm, with one for mandolin and another for

Sugar Hill Records is releasing more sets in the Americana Master Series today (7/10/07), among them four bluegrass albums. These will comprise anthologies by Peter Rowan, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Lonesome River Band and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. This series

If you've paid attention to liner notes or photo credits for any length of time, you should be familiar with the name Jim (Senor) McGuire. McGuire has taken many of the great photos in recent years of bluegrass and country

Regular readers will recall us noting the unfortunate news that Butch Baldassari was diagnosed with cancer a month ago. As we also mentioned in our previous post, the folks at Mandolin Cafe have set up a page where donations for Butch's

Irvine, Ky (July 6, 2007) - "If It Weren't for Bluegrass Music I'd Go Crazy" from Tommy Webbs CD "Eastern Kentucky" is #11 on Bluegrass Music Profiles TOP 20 chart, and #10 on The BoMan's America's Bluegrass Chart. Check their

Brance posted last month about Kentucky House Bill 71, which made bluegrass the official music of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He also mentioned that a ceremonial signing of the bill would occur during the live taping of Michael Johnathon's Woodsongs

How many Bluegrass Blog readers know that Belfast in Northern Ireland is the sister city to Nashville, TN? Well it is, and Belfast celebrated this 200th birthday year for Nashville with a concert on June 29, reported July 4 on The

Here are two more reflections on the passing of Ray Goins from his friends and contemporaries in the music business. Paul Williams had this to say about his old friend. I first met Ray Goins, when I was with The Lonesome Pine

Gibson has announced their acquisition this week of Garrison Guitars of St. John's Newfoundland, in Canada. Garrison was started by Chris Griffiths in 1999, using a new bracing system he had developed, and dubbed the Griffiths Active Bracing System. This system

We lost another bluegrass pioneer this week when banjo player and singer Ray Goins passed away on Monday, July 2, 2007. Ray had been ill for some time, and was hospitalized in Pikeville, KY when he died. He was a member