Bluegrass At Large

Runaway Freight recorded two new gospel songs at the end of March. They will return to the studio in May to record the remainder of an all Gospel CD The CD should be released later this year. Justin Ford, the

Banjo picker extraordinaire Alison Brown and her husband (and Compass Records co-founder) Garry West recently celebrated the birth of their son, Brendan Brown West. Brendan was born on April 10, and arrived at 8 lbs. 8 oz. His dad is also

We previously told you about the Cradle of Bluegrass Music Trail concert series being hosted by the Kentucky Department of Parks. We now regret to bring the news that the three remaining concerts are being cancelled. The promoter, America's Bluegrass Inc.,

The new royalty rate structure handed down by the CRB has stirred much discussion, both here and elsewhere. As I've continued reading on the subject I found an article on Wired.com I thought was interesting enough to pass along. The subject

The following is a contribution from our newest correspondent, Tom Travis. Tom writes from England where he is prominent in bluegrass journalism and on radio, and also performs with his band, Bluegrass Incident. Here is his critique of a recent

Bob Taylor, the man behind the immensely popular Taylor Guitars, is the subject of a new documentary-style DVD distributed by Mel Bay Publications. It's part of their new Instrumental Innovators series, which profiles instrument makers who have had a major impact

The big weekend in East Tennessee is upon us! The Down Home in Johnson City, TN. on Friday night 4/13 and Claiborne County HS in Tazewell, TN on Saturday night 4/14! Grasstowne has just finished recording their first CD for Pinecastle Records

Hello! The new Larry Sparks album, The Last Suit You Wear, will be released on May 1, and McCoury Music would like to make a special discount offer to all the Bluegrass faithful to purchase this new release for $10 plus

We got a note from Randy Graham, mandolinist and tenor singer with David Parmley and Continental Divide, about an event scheduled this weekend to celebrate the life and musical career of Don Parmley. Here's Randy's note: I want to take a moment

In a previous post, we told of Canadian banjo picker Jayme Stone's journey through West Africa in preparation for an upcoming CD based on African banjo music. He has agreed to send us a series of updates from Africa -