Bluegrass film/movie news

James Reams visited New York at the end of March to do some more work on his film Making History with Pioneers of Bluegrass: Tales of the Early Days in Their Own Words. He reports ….. “I spent some time working with

Mark Meatto's brilliant documentary, How To Grow A Band, will soon be finding its way to your favorite digital device and, hopefully, your DVD and BluRay player. The film follows the Punch Brothers' initial 2008 tour in support of Chris Thile's The Blind

The people in the Czech Republic have long had a fondness for bluegrass music, even before they escaped from the Soviet Union, when the music was forbidden. I have spoken with long-time Czech grassers who told me that part of

The Porchlight Sessions, produced by Nashville and Los Angeles documentary filmmaker Anna Schwaber, will be screened in Redwood City on Sunday, January 27, as part of a free afternoon bluegrass film program. The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the NCBS

During IBMA week, I had the pleasure of attending the Nashville premiere of The Porchlight Sessions, a new film which digs deep into the roots of our music while also looking forward to its future. The film blew me away. (See

Among the many new films set to debut during the Christmas season is This Is 40, written and directed by Judd Apatow, with a bevy of hot Hollywood stars set to splash across the screen. Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Leslie Mann,

We all know the old joke: Q. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A. Practice. It seems that Tim Graves has a real-life, updated version. Q. How do you make into the movies? A. Drive. Tim is a noted resonator guitarist, nephew of the legendary Josh Graves,

Los Hermanos Cubero (The Cubero Brothers) are at the center of a new film, La muerte en la Alcarria (Death in Alcarria), by Spanish filmmaker Fernando Pomares. Enrique and Roberto play themselves in this fictional story, serving as both actors and musicians. The brothers perform

Lou Reid & Carolina have announced that they will be taping a live concert DVD on December 1 at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN. Both the concert and the video are in celebration of the band's 20th anniversary performing

Anyone who follows trends in audio recording is aware of the explosion of home studios, and the resulting bloom in amateur to semi-pro engineers. Coupled with the relative ease in distributing music in the digital marketplace, there is a concomitant