Online resources and features

Jayme Stone, an adventurous young progressive banjo player from Canada, profiled last summer on the cover of Banjo NewsLetter, is now living in Boulder, CO, and has a new web site to announce. Jayme has immersed himself in the music

The John Cowan Band was recently in the studio where they recorded a number of tracks for exclusive online distribution through Sony's Connect. Sony is presenting Connect as an alternative to Apple's iTunes Music Store. The Cowan tracks should be

IIIrd Tyme Out banjo picker Steve Dilling has just notified us that he has his own website, www.sdilling.com. Note that the URL is "sdilling" as opposed to "stevedilling," and there's a good reason for that. The web site is actually

We posted last month about the new CD from Canadian singer/fiddler April Verch. Entitled Take Me Back, it was released in Canada on January 17, and is set to hit the streets in the US today (2/14). When we posted about

Bluegrass radio webcaster Gracie Muldoon recently interviewed Rick Altis of Virginia's up and coming bluegrass band, High Ground. Rick spoke of what was happening with the band, their first CD, Old Friends and their plans for 2006. High Ground is

The Grand Ole Opry is broadcasting tonight (2/11) from The Ryman Auditorium, and the show has a special Valentine's Day theme - a Love Songs Signature Show. We are glad to see that Opry members The Del McCoury Band have

Noted bluegrass writer/journalist and musician Jon Weisberger has written another fine tribute to Louise Scruggs which can be read in the online version The Nashville Scene, a free arts and culture newsprint publication widely read by music industry professionals in

Nothin' Fancy is the most recent bluegrass band we have found who has launched a personal web space on the increasingly popular MySpace.com. The Nothin' Fancy tour schedule is posted on the MySpace site, and they offer a number of sample

The Grascals will be the guest on Kyle Cantrell's next Studio Special series installment, starting this weekend on Bluegrass Junction, Channel 14 on XM Satellite Radio. Kyle tells us that the boys will play some songs from their current release, and

About.com is running an online poll where you can vote for the album you think should win the Grammy Award for 2006 Best Bluegrass Album. Here is the list of nominees: Blue Highway - Marbletown Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes The Grascals - The Grascals The