Online resources and features

Dick Spottswood is celebrating 25 years of The Dick Spottswood Show on WAMU this month. He actually started playing bluegrass on WAMU in 1967 with a half-hour show that station management viewed as experimental programming. This was shortly after he participated

Still Learning, the next CD from Lonesome River Band, isn't due until July 13 on Rural Rhythm Records, but you can get a sneak peek on Tuesday evening (6/29). Sammy Shelor will be joining Judith Barnette on WBRF-FM to talk about

John Cowan will be the interview guest on Friday's (6/25) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU-FM from 9:00 a.m to noon (EDT). The Cow Man will call in from the road at 11:00; he is on the Doobie

Bluegrass Gazette has launched as an online community site to promote and foster the bluegrass scene in Canada. It takes the form of both a monthly magazine, and a social networking interface under the direction of editor Rick Thompson. Monthly columns

Back in February, WAMU's Bluegrass Country ran an extended interview with Dudley Connell. The piece ran 3 hours, and the response from listeners all over the world caught the staff by surprise. They quickly scheduled a number of re-airings, and

Tim and Danny Carter, The Carter Brothers, are heading to Knoxville for a live appearance at noon today on Blue Plate Special, which airs daily during the week on WDVX. Though the brothers are sometimes known for mixing acoustic and electric

Regular iTunes users with a taste for bluegrass have noted the fact that Apple shows no special love for our music. Despite repeated requests from bluegrass labels, Apple has yet to create a "genre" listing for bluegrass, or a separate

Popular online radio host Gracie Muldoon has been hospitalized after suffering a mini-stroke on Thursday morning. Gracie is both a regular host and General Manager of WorldWideBluegrass, a 24/7 bluegrass stream available online. Vicki Abbot, Assistant Station Manager at WWB, tells

Mandolin Cafe has a new interview up with Doyle Lawson, which is unique in two particular ways. First off, the questions came from members and readers of the site who, secondly, are mandolinists themselves, giving the interview a tone of musical

WAMU's Bluegrass Country has a couple of special features on Wednesday (5/19) that may be of interest for those who can catch them online. In fact, these will serve as nice bookends to your online listening day. At 9:00 a.m. (EDT),