Bluegrass At Large

Congradulations on your 80th birthday. I am glad that you continued the music with The Clinch Mountain Boys after Carter Stanley's passing. I know we both lost a dear friend by losing Carter. I think the Stanley Brothers Sound and

Grasstowne is getting close to finishing up their debut CD in Nashville, TN.  Pinecastle Records has done an amazing job getting these guys in the studio quickly so that the fans can hear this new group sooner than later!  The

We are all the richer for this set of remembrances of our beloved Ralph Stanley, contributed by Richard Thompson, just as we are for Stanley's life-long dedication to bluegrass and Appalachian music. We hope that everyone will read this entire

howdy folks. we are doing  a contest every month at www.runawayfreight.com. folks can send recipes to recipe@runawayfreight.com we taste test the recipes and pick a winner for every month. we started this in december of 2006 and it is going pretty well.

Buddy Melton, Darren Nicholson, Grammy-award winning Marc Pruett, Caleb Smith, and Tim Surrett have joined forces in a new Western North Carolina based band called Balsam Range. . Balsam Range is doing a free Community Showcase on Friday, March 16,

Our friend David Russell passed along this link, which is bound to warm the hearts of banjo haters everywhere - or anyone with a sense of humor that appreciates banjo deprecating whimsy. It's found on the site of White Tree Productions,

Paul Craft has long been known as one of the premier songwriters in bluegrass music, and he has enjoyed tremendous success in pop and country music as well. His song, Midnight Flyer, was a hit for The Osborne Brothers in

Pinecastle has wonderful news for fans of The Osborne Brothers. They are set to release a 3 disk set recorded on July 30, 1989 in Streekermoor, Germany entitled, appropriately enough, The Osborne Brothers: Live In Germany. Tom Riggs at Pinecastle

The Gospel Music Association announced yesterday their nominees for this year's Dove Awards. The awards do include two bluegrass categories for Song of the Year and Album of Year. Here are this year's bluegrass nominees. BLUEGRASS RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR (Song,

Adrian Fenty, the Mayor of The District of Columbia, has issued an official proclamation designating February 23, 2007 as John Starling and Carolina Star Day in the District. The text of the proclamation reads: WHEREAS, the greater Washington, D.C.-area has become one