• Cradle of Bluegrass Music Trail

    The state of Kentucky Department of Parks is teaming up with America's Bluegrass Inc. to promote both bluegrass music and the state parks. A series of four concerts are to be held at three of the state parks this spring/summer

  • Flamekeeper to Canada in April

    Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock have a 10 day Canadian tour in the works for next month. Their first show is on April 20 in Ontario, where they will spend the largest part of their time in Canada. All

  • Yonder Mountain String Band Live Webcast

    Here's another post from our all-the-more regular contributor, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. The four-piece progressive bluegrass/jam band

  • Big show in Nashville tonight

    This morning I'm on my way to Nashville for the concert DVD shoot I told you about a while back. This show features Josh Williams, Chris Eldridge, and Andy Falco. A few special guests are going to help the guys

  • Nickel Creek spring tour dates

    The dates for Nickel Creek's spring 2007 tour are posted on the band's web site. They will be out from mid-April until mid-May, and again breifly in the fall, and will then suspend touring and recording together for the indefinite

  • Chris Thile at Berklee

    This post is a contribution from David Hollender, Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been a member of the ensemble department for several years, and teaching upright bass, but now also teaches banjo for students

  • SuperGrass photos online

    California photographer Tom Tworek has recently posted a gallery of images he shot at SuperGrass, the California Bluegrass Association's annual indoor winter festival, which ran February 1-4. These were taken from the stage, and are mostly close up, portrait shots of

  • Jim Lauderdale in Sweden

    Shortly after we posted last week about the interview with Jim Lauderdale on CMT.com, we heard from our friend, Jens Koch, who plays banjo with the young Swedish bluegrass group, G2. Jens wanted to let us know that Jim would be