Bluegrass At Large

You've gotta love eBay. I found this item the other day: All I know about it is what you see in the listing. It's a home video of Doc & Merle Watson with T. Michael Coleman recorded in an Atlanta, Georgia

John wrote back in January and February about the faculty position opening at South Plains College due to the retirement of banjo teacher Alan Munde. I received a call the other day from Cary Banks the Creative Music Department head,

Here's an interesting story that I missed while I was out of town last week. CMT.com put up a nice feature last Wednesday on Nashville's long-time bluegrass headquarters, The Station Inn. Since the club first began promoting bluegrass shows in the

Chris Smith, the banjo player of the group says they have recorded six new songs for their upcoming gospel cd. They are working with award winning sound engineer, Paula Wolack. Paula won awards for the Larry Sparks "40" cd just

Continental Divide banjo picker Dale Perry is the most recent respected 5 string pro to sign on as a Huber Banjos endorser. He joins such top banjo players as Sammy Shelor, Jim Mills, Ron Block, Cia Cherryholmes, Jason Burleson and

Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone shared a series of banjo travelogues with our readers during his recent musical journey through West Africa. Jayme was traveling on a Chalmers Arts Fellowship grant to research the music of African musicians who perform

As a Nashvillian myself, I have the advantage of going to see great bluegrass performances at the Station Inn.. pretty much any time I feel like it. Here are some artists that are regularly selling out the Station Inn, and

Knoxnews.com has a feature article today about mandolinist/singer Paul Williams. The article presents a thorough biography of Williams' music career, starting with his time spent in Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys and completing the story with Williams' current band, The

May is Bluegrass Month and Rounder Records has teamed up with Borders Books & Music to promote and celebrate bluegrass music at all Borders stores nationwide. During the entire month, when you purchase a Rounder bluegrass release you'll receive

I've posted my preview of Bluegrass on the Waccamaw, a delightful one-day, "free to the public" festival to be held at the Old Peanut Warehouse in Conway, SC.  This little gem always has fine national bands and very good local