Online resources and features

She calls herself “a label’s worst nightmare” – a bit too country for bluegrass and a bit too grassy for country. So Stacy Grubb is using Kickstarter to try to raise funds for her new CD. The West Virginia songbird has

Keith Lawrence, the esteemed journalist at the Owensboro Messenger-Enquirer, has been writing about bluegrass music for the newspaper since 1985. Additionally, he has a blog, Bluegrass Notes, which he has been writing since 1991. Earlier this month Lawrence published his Ten

Last week, just before Christmas, our friend Ted Lehmann celebrated his fifth blogniversary. December 22 marked his fifth year publishing commentary, photos and bluegrass travelogues at Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms. Lehmann is a retired educator who is spending his post-classroom

The editors and contributors of Acoustic Guitar magazine have compiled their personal lists of their favorite acoustic albums of 2011. Each contributor picked their ten top albums, making for a total of 100 CDs chosen. While a good many of

Tonight's (11/19) Steep Canyon Rangers concert in Boulder, CO will be simulcast online via iClips. The Rangers are appearing in support of Elephant Revival beginning at 9:30 p.m. (MST - 11:30 eastern). Access to the live video (and 6 weeks of

Deering Banjos and Dana and Lauren (of Malibu Storm & Shankman Twins) have joined forces in a banjo giveaway. All you need to do to have a chance of winning is to visit Dana and Lauren’s Facebook page and ‘Like’ the

Alison Krauss has once again been invited to perform at The White House, and will be part of a country/acoustic music celebration on Monday (November 21). She will perform in a trio format with Dan Tyminski and Sierra Hull. Also on the

For those of you who saw Give Me The Banjo on Friday last week (11/4) and want to watch it again – or for those who didn't get a chance to watch it, for whatever reason – there is an

Crooked Still has only a few more dates before they conclude their 10 year anniversary tour, and then go on another hiatus. If their schedule doesn't bring them to your town, you can watch their show tonight (11/10) from Freight &

About 6 months ago somebody high up in the biz told me, “If you don’t have a MySpace account, you’re missing it.  When it comes to a web presence for bands and musicians, MySpace has all the credibility.” I hadn’t looked