Online resources and features

Matt Glaser, Chair of Beklee College of Music's String Department, has written a very nice article for Strings Magazine that remembers fiddle legend Vassar Clements. Read it here.

We just received a note from Rick Altis with High Ground, noting that they have been selected as the Artist Of The Month on BluegrassRadio.org. Previous recipients of this distinction include Valerie Smith and Blue Moon Rising. Audio samples are available

Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers will be a featured musical guest on the popular Prairie Home Companion radio show tonight (10/8). If you're not sure who may broadcast the show in your area, you can search their station list, or

Talk radio has become a real competitor to music programming in many broadcast markets, with topics of discussion covering politics, sports, religion and local issues. With the advent of podcasting, the possibilities for this sort of "narrowcasting" have simply exploded. Bluegrass

I just found this cool little site and thought I would bring it to everyone's attention. Mr. Howard Berlin has compiled a list of bluegrass radio shows that have an audio stream available. He has organized them by the day

We are proud to announce that arrangements have been finalized to allow us to offer real time live blog coverage of the IBMA Awards Show on October 27 from Nashville. We will be on site at The Ryman Auditorium during

eFolk Music is a download site that may not be as familiar as some of the big guns in the market, but with a focus on folk and acoustic music, it may be one that readers of Bluegrass Today will

CBS has made a video clip available on their web site of the recent appearance with Earl Scruggs, Steve Martin, Pete Wernick, Charles Wood and Tony Ellis. It is in Real Player format and can be accessed here. As is often

Angie Sumpter had launched a new online banjo magazine designed to offer stories and encouragement for folks who are starting out on banjo later in life. The new banjo-zine is called Silver Strings and can be viewed or downloaded

The Roanoke Times (local newspaper for this blog's authors) has a terrific series of articles - and some snappy multimedia content on their web site - about the efforts of the state of Virginia to capitalize on the interest in