• Steep Canyon Rangers in Concert

    Please note the Steep Canyon Rangers will be in concert for those fans in the Washington, DC area on Friday, November 17th. They'll appear at 7:30 p.m at the Cherrydale United Methodist Church, 3701 Lorcom Lane, Arlington, VA 22207.

  • Pete Goble – health update

    Chris Cairns just sent along a note with an update on Pete Goble's health. Pete underwent back surgery last Tuesday and then suffered a blood clot in his lungs. He was put on a ventilator machine and was in critical

  • Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

    Christian rock artist David Crowder's last CD, A Collision, was promoted as a mixture of different styles including bluegrass. The recording did feature banjo on several tracks and one of the tracks could even be considered a bluegrass gospel standard.

  • Jambands To Teach Copyright Law

    The heated discussions concerning live music sharing happening here and elsewhere in the online arena recently led me to this excellent and extremely thorough case-study/article published in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. It's the definitive statement on the subject of

  • No Speed Limit In Japan

    Well, that's a bit misleading I suppose. They do, I'm sure, have speed limits in Japan. The band No Speed Limit is not traveling to Japan anytime soon that I am aware of. They are, however, being listened to there.

  • Changes in Bluegrass Museum leadership

    The Associated Press is reporting (via News Channel 5 in Nashville) that Gabrielle Gray has switched positions within the leadership of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Gray had been serving as the museum's Executive Director, a post she

  • Season Premier Cumberland Highlanders’ @ RFD-TV tonight!

    Greetings friends! Tonight at 9:30 PM Eastern time the season premier of the the Cumberland Highlanders Show also known as Crossing the Cumberlands will air. Tonight's show was taped entirely at the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration 2006 and features the Cumberland Highlanders

  • Leadership Bluegrass Seeking Applicants

    The IBMA's program Leadership Bluegrass is currently seeking applicants for the 2007 event. The event will be held March 20-22, 2007 in Nashville, TN. The intent of the program is to bring together industry professionals who can network, and brainstorm

  • Stolen Banjo: TB-1 conversion

    Terry Tipton wrote in to ask for help recovering a vintage banjo that belongs to his nephew. It was stolen along with a Martin D-18 and some audio gear near Germantown, OH a week ago. He shared a detailed description of