Bluegrass film/movie news

Shave and a haircut... two bits. That's the way the classic bluegrass song ending is typically represented verbally. It's also a great way to lead in to this piece about a charming film by Matt Morris that seems to have eluded

We've mentioned The Mountain Music Project several times over the past few years, specifically the film they shot in Nepal five years ago. Project principals Danny Knicely and Tara Linhardt visited Nepal in 2006 as part of a cross-cultural adventure

The producers of a documentary about musical free spirit John Hartford are among the latest bluegrassers to raise money for their project through Kickstarter, which allows fans and supporters to make on-line donations in amounts large and small in return

We had posted last month about the tragic death of Chris Scott, son of Tony and Pam Rice, in a terrible motorcycle accident on August 17. After receiving dozens of requests concerning memorial donations, Tony and Pam have asked that anyone

The Darrell Webb Band has scheduled a concert video shoot for October, with a 2012 release from Rural Rhythm planned. Filming will take place at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA on October 14, 2011. The venue is located on

Anyone who followed old time music in the 1970s remembers Highwoods String Band. They were a staple at acoustic music festivals of all kinds, and had a number of successful albums during the early days of Rounder Records. Their live shows

We posted back in April about Fanning The Fire, a short documentary film about bluegrass music that was produced in association with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation in Texas. The film follows Texas teen Lucas White in his bluegrass adventure from a

The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY has launched a fundraising drive to collect the funds necessary to complete their feature-length documentary on the Father of Bluegrass in time for showing at their Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration at the

Here's one we missed when it was released in April, a recording by John Hartford, Tony Rice and Vassar Clements in 1988, with Roy Huskey Jr on bass and Mark Howard on mandolin. Titled simply Hartford, Rice and Clements, the album

Everybody in bluegrass and old time music loves a good killing song, right? Throw in a good courthouse shootout, and it's a sure thing. Just such an incident took place in 1912 at the Carroll County, VA courthouse, where the locally-celebrated