• PopMatters : The Best Bluegrass of 2013

    Pop culture media site PopMatters has published their year in review articles, including The Best Bluegrass of 2013. You may not agree with the Top 10 choices, but, with another perspective, the list (with reviews) may provide impetus to buy if you

  • Donna Ulisse live Christmas show online

    Since the release of her Christmas song cycle album, All The Way To Bethlehem, in November of 2012, Donna Ulisse has been in demand for special performances around the Christmas season. She has done as many as she can this

  • Donna Ulisse shares show online

    Such has been the level of enquiry regarding Donna Ulisse’s touring arrangements; people from  all parts of the U.S.A and overseas asking when she will be visiting their area, Ms. Ulisse has decided to share a show online, via the StageIt

  • Jimmy Jam to be broadcast live online

    We've written several times this year about Jim VanCleve, Mountain Heart fiddler and noted Nashville producer and session player, and his harrowing brush with dengue hemorrhagic fever in March. Fortunately for all concerned, Jim pulled through after his condition was

  • Bluegrass in the Mad Scientist Journal

    Here's something you don't see every day... The Spring 2013 edition of the Mad Scientist Journal, an ezine of sci-fi, horror, and humorous stories, contains an entry that combines the themes of bluegrass and alien visitation. Chuck the Alien, written by

  • Forums at Bluegrass Today

    I can be something of a language bore, and it simply offends my sensibilities to type the word "forums." I can hear my dearly departed mother, a life-long English teacher, correcting my usage: "The plural of forum is fora!" But this

  • Stop Press – Good Ol’ Persons reunion

    Good Ol' Persons are staging a reunion tonight, Wednesday April 3, at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA. The line-up for this reunion is Kathy Kallick (guitar), John Reischman (mandolin), Sally Van Meter (resophonic guitar), and Trisha Gagnon (bass). The quartet

  • Major milestone for Banjo NewsLetter

    Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013 issue. They will continue to offer a print edition, mailed out just as it has been for 40 years,

  • Announcing Directories at Bluegrass Today

    Bluegrass Today is pleased to announce the launch of a new component of our site, a Bluegrass Business Directory. It functions much like our Events Directory, only the listings are not date sensitive, and they remain on the site indefinitely. Here

  • Mandolin Mashup at Berklee

    This evening (2/12), the Berklee College of Music in Boston will host its 7th annual Mandolin Mashup. It was created by the late John McGann when he joined the faculty at Berklee in 2006, to highlight his most promising students. The