• Salt Lake City BITS follow-up

    We posted last week on a Bluegrass In The Schools program in Utah featuring Special Consensus which was previewed by the Salt Lake Tribune. Dan Nailen, the reporter who wrote the pre-event overview, also attended the workshop and concert and

  • Special C school program in UT

    We have posted a good bit over the past few months about efforts to expose young folks to bluegrass music through the schools, and found an article in today's Salt Lake Tribune about an event of this sort out west.

  • May/June issue of Flatpicking Guitar

    When Dan Miller sent along those Merlefest photos earlier this week, he also passed along some info on the current issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, of which he is editor and publisher. Dan said that this issue has been mailed

  • More IBMA news

    The online edition of the IBMA newsletter, International Bluegrass, is now available on their web site. The print version of the newsletter is published six times a year, and sent to all members of the IBMA. The May/June issue is

  • May Banjo NewsLetter on its way

    We just got a note from Banjo NewsLetter publisher Donald Nitchie, to let us know that the May issue is in the mail to subscribers and newsstands. Donald also passed along a thumbnail description of the May issue: The May 06 issue

  • Ernie Thacker update in WV paper

    The Herald Dispatch in Huntington, WV has a detailed story in this morning's edition about Ernie Thacker's recent auto accident, which we had briefly outlined in a series of earlier posts. The Herald Dispatch article has information about a number

  • May Bluegrass Unlimited in the mail

    The next issue of Bluegrass Unlimited is on its way to subscribers and newsstands, with cover features on Alecia Nugent and The Gibson Brothers, both of whom have new projects out. There is also a visit with Jim Mills, where

  • Acoustic Planet Tour reprises in June

    Billboard.com is reporting that Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will launch an Acoustic Planet Vol. II tour this summer, with support from Yonder Mountain String Band, The Del McCoury Band, Natalie McMaster and Chris Thile. The tour will run for several

  • New issue of Bluegrass Europe

    Bluegrass Europe is a bi-monthly print publication which is sent to members of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA). Written in English, it is also bound together with two other European bluegrass journals, the German language Bluegrass Buhne, and the