Bluegrass At Large

We just heard heard from Cindy Baucom that songwriter Pete Goble underwent surgery yesterday and is experiencing difficulties breathing today. He's currently on life support and his family is asking for prayer. Doyle Lawson's wife, Suzanne, posted concerning Pete on Doyle's

We just heard the sad news that fiddler Carl Nelson passed away this morning. Carl worked with Bill Harrell & The Virginians for a number of years in addition to playing fiddle on numerous bluegrass recording projects, and performing with

The blog post on BluegrassBlog is great. Easy to use clean, clear and looks sharp.. Thanks John, Pam and all the staff and contributors at Bluegrass Today.

Lonnie Meeker has joined the WWB (www.WorldWideBluegrass.com ) as the newest DJ. Lonnie will host the Bacon, Eggs and Bluegrass show Mondays through Thursdays from 8am to 10am EST. Lonnie has played with Bill Monroe and many other "names" in the

Richmond, Virginia October 28, 2006 -  Bluegrass lovers mill around chatting about the music, the performers or their favorite foods while others sit and listen intently to the sound that makes the music uniquely Bluegrass. Performers and promoters may stop

Yesterday while searching around the web for all things blugrass, I came across this little piece of video that I thought our readers might find interesting. It's a 60 second Martha White ad that is being projected on the big

My space, your space, it seems everyone has a space these days. Myspace.com has become a part of life online for musicians and fans alike over the last year or so. It allows for easy updating, photo and song uploads,

Baruch Wright, one of the bluegrass picking and singing Wright Kids of Rocky Mount, VA, is among the 20 finalists in Oscar Mayer's Sing The Jingle, Be A Star competition. This contest will award a cash prize to the top

We just heard from our friend Chris Stuart, that he will be teaching the songwriting class at next April's Sore Fingers Summer School in England. The camp runs April 9-13, 2007 and is held at the Kingham Hill School, located

I was delighted to hear Kenny and Amanda Smith band in Valdese recently. Great sound and I like their new CD.