Edward Morris of CMT News was on hand at last Sunday's 34th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards, put on by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA). His piece at CMT.com both reviews the show and lists
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SPBGMA photos online
Our buddy Crawdaddy Dave (Dave Roye) will be posting photos and videos from the 2008 SPBGMA Convention in Nashville this weekend on his web site. He has already posted several videos from Thursday (1/31), including several hallway jams and a performance
Blue Highway audio samples up
There are now audio samples on the Rounder Records site from the new Blue Highway CD, Through the Window of a Train. It isn't due for release until February 12, but you will have a chance to hear many of the
RadioIO adds newgrass stream
Internet streaming audio service RadioIO is doubling their channel offerings this month, going from 28 to 60 discrete streams by February 1. Among the new channels is a Newgrass stream to feature acoustic music a bit too edgy for their
Doc Watson profile in Washington Post
Today's (1/27) edition of The Washington Post has a lengthy feature on flatpicking icon and folk music hero Doc Watson. The article by Post staffer Tim Warren in Greensboro, NC where he interviewed Doc before a concert with David Holt on
Bluegrass bonanza on TV and radio
There are a number of great opportunities to catch some live bluegrass on TV and radio over the next few days, many being streamed online. Today (1/15) at noon eastern, Balsam Range will be performing live on WDVX from Knoxville, TN.
CMT comments on Rhonda’s…
Edward Morris has a piece up on the CMT Country Music Blog about Rhonda Vincent and her... shall we say, décolletage. The tongue-in-cheek article is titled Deep In The Bosom Of Bluegrass, and discusses the writer's favorable impression of Ms. Vincent's
Punch Brothers on BBC Radio 2
Chris Thile has been touring in the UK this week with his band, Punch Brothers, in tow. They did several shows during Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, which runs for two and a half weeks in January of each year. Shows,
Cadillac Sky on CMT
Cadillac Sky is this week's featured artist on CMT.com's Unplugged at Studio 330. The show offers live in-studio performance and interviews of country artists in an internet-exclusive format. Part of the concept is that these artists perform acoustically for this
G2 on Swedish TV
Swedish grassers G2 performed Monday on Nyhetsmorgon (The Morning Show), the highest rated morning television program in Sweden. The show airs from Stockholm on Swedish national televsion, TV4. They played two songs from their debut CD, Where The Tall Grass Grows,