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Back in the 1960s, people used to refer to James Brown as the "hardest working man in show business." He earned that moniker for his high energy stage performance, with dance moves that would wear a normal man out in

Pert Near Sandstone has launched a new podcast, Road To Blue Ox, to help promote and prepare people for their annual festival in their native Wisconsin. The alt-grass quintet hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival each June, inviting many of the

Most bluegrass fans already know that the Station Inn in Nashville is perhaps the premiere live music venue in the world of grass. With live entertainment 7 nights a week - and some afternoons as well - local residents and

Troy Engle & Southern Skies have launched a new online video series that combines their two primary passions - eating and bluegrass music! Shot in the kitchen of Troy and his wife, Mandy's, home in southern Pennsylvania, Pickin' In The Kitchen

Grass Talk Radio with Bradley Laird recently published their 100th episode, quite a milestone in today's volatile podcasting environment. That comes to almost two years of work from Laird and his weekly, online show. What started as an advice program for

If you've visited the main page of the mega-search site Google this week, you'll have seen this lovely tribute to the great Earl Scruggs at the top of the page. It was created as part of their This Day In History

Great news for lovers, players, and builders of fine, handmade acoustic guitars! GuitarBench Magazine is back after a hiatus of nearly three years. Initially an online quarterly publication, the magazine launched a bit ahead of the current revolution in web publishing,

With the rapid growth of home recording software and technology, it's never been easier to create your own album - or single - and get it to the online market. Most new computers ship with at least basic software for

The Mountain Music Project, a film about a pair of bluegrass musicians who visited Nepal to meet and jam with folk musicians in that Asian nation, is now available as part of Amazon Prime. Subscribers to Amazon's service can rent

Here's another new bluegrass music podcast that should appeal to many of our readers. It's called The Breakdown, and takes as its theme to focus each episode on a single iconic album in the genre, going over the history, the