Bluegrass radio news

This weekend will mark the 500th episode of Music From Foggy Hollow, hosted by Australia's Mike Kear on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. That's quite an accomplishment in any medium, even more so in a niche market like bluegrass, and yet even more still

WAMU's Bluegrass Country is getting ready to celebrate 45 years of playing bluegrass music on WAMU on July 2, and is asking listeners, fans and current/former colleagues to help them assemble a comprehensive photo history of the experience. A special

NewFound Road's February performance on Mountain Stage is set to air on their many NPR affiliates the weekend of May 11. This episode was recorded live back in late February, and also features performances from Martin Sexton, Belinda Smith, Whitehorse, and

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will be in Nashville Thursday, with a big day planned both in town and online. They will be at the Station Inn for a free live concert and interview, broadcast by WSM, starting at 5:00

This weekend's edition of Best Of Bluegrass, airing on Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), has something special in store for all you Del-heads out there. Host Bob Mitchell tells us that he has just over an hour dedicated to Del McCoury, starting with

And speaking of Carrie Hassler... She is set to be the featured guest on tonight's debut edition of The Revolution, a new radio show on WSWV FM, hosted by Jamie Dean of Cumberland River. The station is located in Pennington Gap, VA, in the

Lou Reid & Carolina are heading for Music City, where they have a big day planned on Friday (4/13). Starting at the especially unkind hour of 8:00 a.m. (CDT), they will be performing material from their latest CD, Calling Me Back

Herb Pedersen will be the featured interview guest with Katy Daley Wednesday morning (4/11) on WAMU's Bluegrass Country at 9:00 a.m. (EDT). The pre-recorded piece features discussion about Herb's new band, Loafer’s Glory, with whom he plays guitar, along with Bill Bryson on

On Sunday (4/8), Best Of Bluegrass on Radio Bluegrass International will air a special program recalling the Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY in September 2011. The show airs from 4:00-6:00 p.m. (EDT), streamed live

Guitar wizard Jim Hurst will roll into DC thursday morning (4/5) for a visit with Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. He's scheduled to be on the air at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) to talk about his latest release, Intrepid. Katy says that