Brance posted yesterday with the show dates for David Lee Roth's television appearances to promote the new CMH release, Strummin' With The Devil, their Van Halen bluegrass tribute CD which is officially released today. We found a few more bits
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Nothin’ Fancy message board
Nothin' Fancy has launched a message board on their web site for fans and friends to discuss the band, their new CD, or anything else that may strike their fancy. The board is still new, and message traffic is still
Doyle Lawson on Prairie Home Companion this weekend
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the featured musical guests for this weekend's edition of Prairie Home Companion. This long-running radio program is heard on nearly 600 stations throughout the US, and via Armed Forces Radio wherever US military personnel
Mountain Heart on XM’s Studio Series show
Mountain Heart will be the guests this next week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Sessions program on XM Radio's Bluegrass Junction. The show mixes interviews and live, in-studio performances, and runs six times each week until a new show takes its
Stanley festival covered on CMT.com
CMT.com has a nice feature up this morning about the recently concluded Ralph Stanley Memorial Festival, the 36th annual running of the event, also known as the Hills Of Home Festival. The story largely covers the Clinch Mountain Boys reunion
Remembering a soldier’s banjo
Today on Memorial Day it seems appropriate to link to this story in the Galesburg Register-Mail. The story is one of remembrance for Pfc. Caleb Lufkin who recently passed away from wounds sustained in Iraq earlier this month. When not
Jim Van Cleve on XM tomorrow
Mountain Heart fiddler Jim Van Cleve will join XM Satellite Radio host Kyle Cantrell on XM's Bluegrass Junction Tuesday (5/30) at 9:00 a.m. The interview is sure to focus on Jim's new CD, No Apologies, as well as what he
Opry bluegrass on Saturday
The Grand Ole Opry is chock full of bluegrass this Saturday night, with Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Cherryholmes, Jesse McReynolds, and The Whites all slated to perform during the radio broadcast. This Opry show is a part of their special
Van Halen tribute CD audio samples up
We have posted several times (here and here) about the upcoming Van Halen bluegrass tribute CD from CMH Records, Strummin' With The Devil. It started as just another of CMH's popular grassified tributes, but has grown into something of a
Del McCoury live on WNYC today
Del McCoury is scheduled to appear on WNYC's Soundcheck program today (5/24) at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), broadcast from New York City - where Del performs tonight at Carnegie Hall. The show is hosted by John Schaefer, a well-respected figure in