Bluegrass At Large

It seems that folks all over the world got quite a chuckle from the Bluegrass Beatles photo we posted last Thursday. I wish that we had some information on the original source for this photo so that we could give

We posted recently about the release of an audio CD with live recordings of the various showcase acts that performed at the 2005 European World of Bluegrass in The Netherlands this past May. At that time, there was no place online

On Tuesday, Bela Fleck's Trio! (Bela, Stanley Clarke, Jean Luc Ponty) performed in Boston, and they also gave a free clinic for students at the Berklee College of Music in the afternoon. Berklee students were also admitted to the Tuesday

Here's a great photo that was sent to us via email. Though details are sketchy, it has long been rumored that the Beatles had initially wavered between bluegrass and rhythm and blues as the vehicle for their musical energies.

Mandolin Master Chris Thile has been a Star Wars fan as long as I've known him. In fact the first time I met Chris was in line to buy tickets for Episode I. I was living in Nashville at the

The following is a statement from Sammy Shelor, in which he comments on and responds to the many rumors that have been circulating about him and the future of Lonesome River Band. We have enabled commenting on this post

The Nashville Business Journal is reporting that James Monroe (son of Bill), will open a bluegrass music park in Franklin, KY in the spring of 2006. The site is just north of the KY/TN border, about 45 miles from Nashville.

Collings Mandolins and Guitars of Austin, Texas, and the Mandolin Cafe will be giving away a Collings MT2 to some lucky individual in the near future. Starting October 1, 2005, visitors to the Mandolin Cafe web site will have an opportunity

And speaking of Vassar Clements... Ampersand Records has made some video footage of Vassar in the studio available on their web site. It is a fairly large file, but does offer a memorable glimpse of a master at work. This

Steve Huber, owner and builder of the popular Huber Banjo line, has stepped back from performing to focus his attention on banjo production, and just played his last show with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Steve expressed a mix