Online resources and features

Pandora has launched a new wrinkle for its personalized online radio service. Listeners can now build a stream based on more than 100 "micro-genres," including bluegrass. Pandora users have always been able to create a bluegrass stream, but based on the

Banjo Hangout, the vibrant online community for banjo players of every stripe, reached a major milestone recently when they signed up their 50,000th member. I can feel the wailing and gnashing of teeth from mandolin and guitar players this whole

Blue Plate Special, which airs weekdays at noon on WDVX in Knoxville, has a heaping helping of bluegrass in store for today's (8/20) show. In fact, there is so much music that they have extended today's program to 2 hours. Featured

We got a note today from Carol Beaugard alerting us to the fact that she will have Greensky Bluegrass live on her Lonesome Pine RFD radio program on Friday morning (7/30). The show airs from 9:00 a.m. to noon in

Country Standard Time uses the recent release of their latest CD, Wildwood, as the springboard for a lengthy piece about alt-bluegrass road warriors Chatham County Line. The article by Brian Baker, conducted largely as an interview with Chatham County Line guitarist/vocalist

Here's a couple more good radio options to consider for today (7/21). At 11:00 a.m. (EDT) this morning, Donna Ulisse will be on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction with Kyle Cantrell. She will be on the Track-By-Track program, playing through all the songs

This week's edition of Music City Roots on WSM will feature another chance to catch The Boxcars live - on the radio at least. Regular readers here know that we have been singing the praises of this group since they first

Ernie and Debbie Evans will have Russell Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out on tonight's (7/20) edition of Bluegrass Waves. The show airs Tuesday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. (ET) on WJSJ 105.3 FM in Jacksonville, FL, and is simulcast live online. WJSJ

What's up with IIIrd Tyme Out? If you don't know, then tune in on Tuesday afternoon (7/6) when bandleader and lead vocalist Russell Moore will be on the air with Joe Mullins. Russell will be on with Joe at 2:15 (EDT)

The singing Bankester Family will be featured on today's (7/2) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. The show originates from Knoxville and airs at noon (EDT). You catch hear it over the air at 102.9 FM, or online at