The greater Washington, DC area has been home for many great musicians in the worlds of bluegrass and country musics over the years, but it has also been the home of some truly pioneering and influential radio waves, personalities, and
Bluegrass radio news
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Bluegrass Saturday Night radio show gets new host
Julie Brown, bassist with the Bluegrass Experience and Hindsight Bluegrass, is the new host for eastern North Carolina's Bluegrass Saturday Night on Sanford's WLHC and Sharpsburg's WLQC Life 103.1 FM stations. Airing 6:00-8:00 p.m. (ET) each Saturday evening, Brown stepped
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2 Girls Bluegrass on the air in Poplar Bluff
2 Girls Bluegrass is a bluegrass radio program - two in fact - and a musical act, both of which entertain people in Poplar Bluff, MO. They are Sandy Taurone and Ann McAllister, and the duo have taken it upon themselves
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Cancer benefit for Toledo bluegrass DJ Jeff Tuttle
Jeff Tuttle, popular bluegrass radio host on Nash Icon radio in the Toledo, OH market, has received a diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which is inoperable. Though Jeff is determined to fight, starting chemo treatments in early August, he
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Chris Jones & The Night Drivers make their Opry debut
We are excited to get to brag on one of our own, Chris Jones, who will be making his Grand Ole Opry debut with his band, The Night Drivers, tomorrow night, July 2. Since Bluegrass Today launched nearly 12 years ago,
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Jonathan Buckner’s Appalachian Revival debuts on Willie 94.5
It's always great news when we learn of another radio program playing bluegrass music over the air. One such debuted last week, Jonathan Buckner's Appalachian Revival, playing a mix of secular and Gospel bluegrass on Willie 94.5 in Bluefield, WV.
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Vincent Family/Sally Mountain Show reunion on the Opry this weekend
The Grand Ole Opry has a very special treat on offer this Saturday, April 16, when Rhonda and Darrin Vincent, along with their families, will reunite on the Opry stage for an exclusive Sally Mountain Show performance. Sally Mountain Show was
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Cindy Baucom to host Stained Glass Bluegrass on Bluegrass Country
Bluegrass Country, the 24/7 online bluegrass radio service, has announced that Cindy Baucom will be the new host of the popular Stained Glass Bluegrass program, starting this Sunday morning. The show has quite a venerable history, launching nearly 48 years ago
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The Old Fashioned, Saturday mornings on WMOT FM
WMOT 89.5 FM, listener supported public radio in Middle Tennessee, is launching a new show that should be of interest to our readers, featuring a couple of familiar voices on the roots music scene. The Old Fashioned, named for the classic
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Special Consensus live on WDVX Blue Plate Special
The Blue Plate Special, a free midday showcase for live music offered five days a week by Knoxville radio station WDVX, has become a venerable tradition in this music-centric city. No matter whether the artists are established or up-and-coming, the