Bluegrass At Large

The Jackson Purchase Friends of Bluegrass are planning a unique kick off to this year's Kentucky Lake Bluegrass Festival. On Thursday night, June 7, 2007, before the festival begins, a potluck dinner will be held for volunteers who are working

The venerable Dr. Ralph Stanley has been in the hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA since earlier this week, suffering from pneumonia. We asked Lee Olsen, who handles Ralph's dates with Keith Case & Associates, and he suggested that Dr.

Just heard the new addition to Mt Heart on the Opry tonight!  Can't say anything except great!  Josh Stillings (I think was his name) received a standing "O" for his first time out with Mt Heart!  Even my 14 year

The rock music group Blue Man Group is currently conducting a tour titled How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.0. During a show on this tour the band leads the audience through a "workshop" on how to become a megastar

Our friends over at The European Bluegrass Blog have a post up about a pair of new releases from Slovakia. They are Light In The Storm from The Tom?°?° Pe?°ko Band, and Kvapky rosy from Bluegrass Time. Both feature Tom?°?° Pe?°ko

A couple of years ago, singer/songwriter Gary Ferguson booked a musical tour in Ireland. He enjoyed his time there so much that he decided to make it an annual event. In 2005, he was accompanied by his friend and frequent

American Made Banjo Company has announced that their first new Kel Kroydon banjo for 2007 will be an artist model for celebrated Nashville banjo picker Charlie Cushman, built to his custom specifications. This new Cushman model will be a mahogany banjo,

With New Year's Eve upon us, let me recommend my very favorite version of the perennial December 31st classic, Auld Lang Syne. It comes from David Grisman's terrific 1983 release, David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas, and features a much younger and

   CD REVIEW Todd Taylor - 3-Five-N by Gracie Muldoon Fresh off the presses, this new release by Todd Taylor Banjoman ~ Extraordinaire - has already garnered the famous, ultimate picker 7 Grammy Nominees! I heard the title track for the first time last

  World-renowned banjo player Todd Taylor is an exclusive Recording King artist. The Grammy nominated artist can be heard playing a new Recording King banjo on the track "Swamp Child." He can also be seen playing the banjo in a music video