Bluegrass print media news

Despite living much of his life in Tennessee, Bill Monroe will always be inextricably linked with Kentucky, the state of his birth, whose nickname serves as the designation for the music he created. He is being remembered anew in the June

Irish songwriter Niall Toner has written a book about his chosen profession, set for a June 8 launch at The Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, held during the Carlow Arts Festival in County Carlow, in the southeast of Ireland. The

Pretty Good for a Girl is the rather grudging term often used in the past to damn with faint praise a female who is inclined to excel in some way. Murphy Hicks Henry, the author, has the good humour to use

Joan Harrison has been the banjo picker and lead singer with New York's Too Blue this past 15 years. She has also written material for the band, some of it included on their 2011 CD, Trouble With The Grey. When not playing the

Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013 issue. They will continue to offer a print edition, mailed out just as it has been for 40 years,

A new book released in January, Kalamazoo Gals, ties together several threads of mid-20th century Americana, bound together by the women who kept the Gibson guitar factory staffed during World War II. It was written by John Thomas, inspired by a

Donna Ulisse has announced the availability of her first songbook, All The Way to Bethlehem. After a few trials and tribulations, and sterling work by Ulisse and her associates, Donna has published a songbook, a companion to the recently-released Christmas CD

Mel Bay Publications has released Easy Irish and Celtic Melodies For 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Airs and Session Tunes by Tom Hanway, available as a book/CD combo or an ebook with MP3s. While Celtic music is more commonly played with a flatpick on

Here's an update to a story we did last summer... The March edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a very interesting story about Bryan’s legendary "Banjo Killer" dreadnought guitar, which was damaged in the devastating Nashville flood of May 2010. In what

One of the greatest challenges touring artists face is managing down time. The few hours of excitement visible to audiences at each show is tempered by many more hours riding, driving or flying to get there, and not everyone can