Bluegrass At Large

This post is quite long. I've made an effort to present the facts of the legal battle. At the end of the post I leave you with my opinion on the situation and some links for further reading, including the

The Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association has established a Brazilian Bluegrass Hall Of Fame, which they call The Brazilian Bluegrass Pioneers. They have started a new section of their web site to honor the musicians who kindled an interest in bluegrass

Eric Schlange, webmaster over at BanjoHangout.org, contacted us with information about the benefit raffle they have set up to help raise funds for Arthur Hatfield. As we have posted previously, Arthur is a banjo builder and friend to the banjo community

Compass Records, the Nashville based label run by banjo player Alison Brown, has recently redesigned their website and is now offering one track each week as a free mp3 download. The free track as of this writing is not from a

Native Ground Music has released The Bluegrass Gospel Songbook, with words, music and chords for more than 100 gospel favorites. In addition to the lyrics and melodies, this new volume includes histories on many of the songs, an overview of how

We posted on Monday about Arthur Hatfield, a well-loved and respected banjo builder, who was seriously injured in a shop fire. At that time, we mentioned that efforts were underway to help assist Arthur and his wife Beverly with the

Katherine Cole reviewed Chris Thile's latest CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, for Voice Of America in a broadcast on November 15. There isn't much in the way of news in her review, and readers of Bluegrass

Can anyone help me out with the banjo tab / chords for Ruby? Cousin Emmy or the Stanley Brothers version, or Yonder Mountain String Band, it doesn't matter which. I can't quite figure it out by ear! Thanks everyone! Email

Here's a feel-good story, one about which we have been aware for a few weeks, but have waited until now to mention, once the episode played out. As an admission of interest, let me say up front that it involves

We posted last week about some of the press coverage from China of the current Sparrow Quartet tour. The band features Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn on picked and non-picked banjo respectively, with Casey Driessen on fiddle and Ben Sollee