Bluegrass radio news

Today marks that moment each year when the entire bluegrass world shifts from regular life to IBMA mode. Our coverage will transition later today (more on that soon), as the annual IBMA convention starts to dominate the news. Both Into The

As the staff of WAMU's Bluegrass Country prepares to spend next week in Nashville for IBMA, they have dedicated this week to everyone's favorite bluegrass instrument - the five string banjo! The celebration began this past Saturday (9/18) and will continue

NPR and Folk Alley have posted the audio from the 2010 Americana Music Awards show online. The 2.5 hour show, hosted by Jim Lauderdale, includes the presentations of awards, and musical performances by artists from a wide range of musical

September 9 marked the 14th anniversary of Bill Monroe's passing , and NPR's All Thing's Considered took the occasion to remember Big Mon in a piece about the Bluegrass Boys reunion at the International Bluegrass Music Museum earlier this summer. NPR's

The highly anticipated, self-titled debut CD from The Boxcars won't drop until October 19, but Mountain Home Records has just released a first single to radio. The song is December 13th, one of nine band originals out of thirteen tracks on

This next week's syndicated broadcast of Into The Blue with Terry Herd will include an interview with Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford. They join Terry to discuss their superb new Rural Rhythm project, Dogwood Winter, and spin some of the

Katy Daley had Woody Platt from Steep Canyon Rangers on her Bluegrass Country show this morning, and he shared some pretty cool news about their upcoming collaboration project with Steve Martin. Turns out that after five days in the studio with

Pandora has launched a new wrinkle for its personalized online radio service. Listeners can now build a stream based on more than 100 "micro-genres," including bluegrass. Pandora users have always been able to create a bluegrass stream, but based on the

Blue Plate Special, which airs weekdays at noon on WDVX in Knoxville, has a heaping helping of bluegrass in store for today's (8/20) show. In fact, there is so much music that they have extended today's program to 2 hours. Featured

Rich In Tradition will be in studio with Judith Burnette tomorrow evening on WBRF FM, broadcasting from Galax, VA. Judith tells us that they will be on this Saturday (8/7) during the nine o'clock hour (EDT). "We will be debuting their brand