Online resources and features

The BBC has a terrific slide show with commentary online about Béla Fleck's Throw Down Your Heart project, which has resulted in both an audio CD release and a documentary film by that name. The CD and film serve as a

Berklee Today, the quarterly alumni magazine of The Berklee College Of Music, has a feature on the school's embrace of country, bluegrass and Americana music as part of their instructional program. Written by Christopher John Treacy, and entitled Out Of The

Lonesome River Band founder and former member Tim Austin has posted a number of video clips on YouTube from a 1993 concert in Ferrum, VA. This is shortly after the group starting making a big noise in bluegrass - just

The Infamous Stringdusters will be a guest on tomorrow's (4/21) edition of Let's Talk Live, broadcast in the Washington, DC metro television market on NewsChannel 8 at noon (EDT). They'll perform a couple of tunes and chat with show hosts Doug

The promoters of the Gathering Of The Vibes festival have come up with a clever way to get you to tune in for their live webcast tonight (4/2) when they announce this year's lineup. After the announcements, they will run a

Longtime readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted my fondness for The Bluegrass Intelligencer, a news parody site - a la The Onion - that focuses on personalities in the bluegrass and acoustic string world. I find the site to be

The Bluegrass Mix has added a new feature to their 24/7, streaming bluegrass radio service. In addition to hosted programming and nationally-syndicated shows, they now offer an uninterrupted, "no talk" stream for online listeners who prefer to hear their bluegrass without

Host Bob Webster will feature an interview with bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne on this week's (3/29) edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Osborne's new CD, Bluegrass & Beyond, will be released on Rounder this Tuesday (3/31), and Bob

Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Steve Smith will be a guest on today's (3/27) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. Steve is based in New Mexico, and is currently completing a tour of the southeast which finishes tonight at The Palace

Claire Lynch will join host Darwin Davidson on tonight's (3/26) edition of Bronzewound, broadcast each Thursday evening on WERU FM, community radio for coastal Maine. The show airs at 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on 89.9 and 109.9 FM, and via live online