• Thile grabs BBC Folk Award

    Chris Thile was in London on Monday for the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, where he was nominated for Musician Of The Year. He won't be coming home empty-handed, as his name was called to accept the trophy. Here's how

  • Claire Lynch haiku winners

    We posted early in January when Claire Lynch launched her January Bluegrass Haiku contest, with entry information. The judges have now carefully reviewed the many entries, and winning poems have been selected. Claire announced the winners in her monthly email

  • Fire On The Mountain – the musical

    This musical isn't new. It's been around for 4 years having been premiered at the San Diego Repertory Theater in the spring of 2003. I only recently became aware of it as it's still in production and traveling the country. Fire

  • EWOB lineup for ’07 announced

    The European Bluegrass Blog has posted the lineup of entertainers for this year's European World Of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. It will be held May 17-19, 2007 and includes a trade show, a performance festival, a business conference

  • Double banjos on Ellen

    Tony Trischka is in Los Angeles today to tape an appearance for The Ellen DeGeneres Show with banjo picking comedian/actor Steve Martin. This show is set to air on Thursday, February 8. Times vary from one market to another. They will

  • song hunt

    Kenny and Amanda Smith had a funny song I heard twice about a year ago on XM about keeping up the neighborhood by throwing things over the hillside like a refrigerator, but, I don't know the title.  I would like

  • Rhonda Vincent and Carrie Underwood

    Here's an entry for our Celebrity Style Section on Bluegrass Today. It's a photo of Rhonda Vincent with country music sensation and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood at the Nashville Grammy Nominees party, held last week at the Loews Vanderbilt

  • Flower arrangement from used strings

    With Valentine's Day right around the corner, and a bunch of broke bluegrass musicians wondering what to get for their sweety, I thought this might help some people out. After changing your guitar strings, you don't have to throw the old