Bluegrass radio news

WAMU's Bluegrass Country has a new head honcho. Chris Tesky has moved to DC from Connecticut to take the job as Senior Music Producer at the 24/7 bluegrass channel, broadcasting on HD Radio in the DC market, and via internet streaming

Dailey & Vincent are set to perform on tonight's (10/13) special Thursday edition of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. The Thursday show is billed as Opry Country Classics, bringing a number of long-time Opry favorites back to the show. Dailey &

The universally popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is to feature Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys next month. While activities to mark the centennial of Bill Monroe’s birth look to be taking place right through to the end of the

Donna Ulisse and a scaled-back version of her Poor Mountain Boys will make appearance tonight (10/3) on Michael Jonathan's Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. She will be joined by her husband, Rick Stanley on guitar and banjoist Greg Davis, both of

Aaron will be a regular columnist at Bluegrass Today, and his initial offering is particularly germane to the hot topic at this year's World Of Bluegrass. I came to love bluegrass music on the night of November, 7, 1997 on what

Throughout this week, when the eyes, ears and assorted other vital organs of the bluegrass community are focused on World of Bluegrass in Nashville, we will be highlighting many of the new features of Bluegrass Today. This morning, we'll have

We have learned that Ray Hicks, a popular radio host in Missouri and a founding member of IBMA, suffered a stroke this summer. Ray spent several month convalescing in a nursing home, and is now living with his son facing

WAMU's Bluegrass Country, perhaps the largest Internet broadcaster of bluegrass music, has moved the transmitter for their broadcast signal into Maryland, giving them a decidedly wider footprint in and around the Washington, DC market. Their transmission antenna is now located in

Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from Back To My Roots, the upcoming Carolina Road project. The song is A Light in the Window Again, a contribution from Tom T. and Dixie Hall, which tells of the restoration of the

Chris Jones has scheduled a special Bill Monroe tribute for today's (9/9) edition of his Truegrass show on Sirius XM's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 61) at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). "I'll be playing lots of Bill's music, with an emphasis on the early