Online resources and features

You could own a choice piece of Nickel Creek memorabilia - or start a new mandolin player out on the right foot - were you to win this auction on eBay for a Kentucky KM-630 F-stye mandolin, autographed by the

Multiple IBMA Award winning guitarist Jim Hurst has his own guitar bulletin board, titled appropriately enough, Jim's Bulletin Board. The board is dedicated to guitar and guitar music discussion, and Jim posts there regularly himself. It seems that Jim launched the

The December issue of Silver Strings, Angie Sumpter's free online magazine for new banjo players "of a certain age," is available on her web site for downloading. Each issue contains interviews and features designed to offer insight and encouragement

Last week, we posted about some new video that had been added to Butch Robins' web site. Now, in honor of the re-release of his CD, Forty Years Late, Butch has posted a new web video clip of him performing

Here's some encouraging news from our new friend, Richard Hawkins, editor of Bluegrass Ireland, the newsletter of The Irish Bluegrass Music Club. The Bluegrass Ireland Blog is hereby officially launched at www.bluegrassireland.blogspot.com. The text of the last issue of Bluegrass Ireland

We have posted previously about the blogging efforts of noted banjo player and author, Butch Robins. His descriptions of his travels in Australia were the focus of most of the blog entries of late, but Butch also recorded impressions of

Following up on the post about Sean Watkins' online CD release... VH1 has several Nickel Creek videos available online, including the two music video releases from their latest Sugar Hill release, Why Should The Fire Die, plus three songs from that

Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins has announced the release of his third solo project, Blinders On, and has enabled digital downloads of either individual tracks or the entire project from the Nickel Creek web site. Individual tracks are offered for $.99

This Saturday's Grand Ole Opry broadcast features a number of performers that would be of interest to bluegrass fans. The Whites, Mike Snider, Jesse McReynolds and The Alison Brown Band are all set to be be part of the 11/12

I've been just a little bit obsessed with podcasts recently. As I was wondering around the internet over the weekend I discovered another bluegrass blogger who had a podcast. Nino is the guy's name and Bluegrass Japan is his blog.