Online resources and features

We received a note from Clyde Scott at BluegrassRadio.org marking their second anniversary providing bluegrass music programming on the web. "The success of the past two years has been overwhelming to say the least. I look forward to many more years

Acoustic Disc, the mando-centric record company owned by David Grisman, has started experimenting with online music downloads. At this time, only four titles from their catalog can be purchased via download, but more are expected to be added should the

Pine Mountain Railroad will be visiting the studios of WTUF in Thomasville, GA today (1/21), with an live guest spot featured at 3:00 p.m. (EST). They will spend some time chatting with show host "Lazy Len" Robinson, and also pick

We posted back in November that Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek had enabled pre-release digital download purchases of his new CD, Blinders On, from his web site. At the time, we reported that there was no indication of record

There are a number of opportunities to catch some live bluegrass performances on the radio this weekend, starting tonight. Bluegrass Junction on XM Satellite Radio will be rebroadcasting the New Year's Eve concert from The Birchmere featuring Bob Perilla"s Big

CNET News.com ran a story late last week that may be of interest to anyone following the ongoing turf battles and legal wrangling in the still unsettled realm of digital music royalties, and how they should be charged and distributed.

We made mention last month of a new bluegrass radio show being launched on WTBU, Boston University radio. The show is entitled Over Yonder, and will be hosted by a pair of BU students, Carly Nix and Hilary Rollwagen. Carly

Lonesome Day Records is offering new subscribers to their monthly newsletter a chance to win a free CD from the Lonesome Day catalog. For a limited time, each new subscriber to this email newsletter will be entered in a monthly

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will be featured on tonight's Grand Ole Opry Live program on GAC TV. The show features an hour of live music from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN each week from 8:00-9:00 p.m.

We posted last week about an article in The Boston Globe on Berklee College Of Music's embrace of traditional string instruments as a principal for study at the school. We are very pleased to note that this Globe article has been