Online resources and features

Cherryholmes has announced the winners in a contest we told you about in late May, drawn from customers who pre-ordered a copy of their new CD, Cherryholmes II - Black and White, from their web site. The grand prize of a

XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has relaesed their July Top 40, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. June's top 5 albums were: #1 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #2 Long List Of Hearthaches The Grascals #3 Old Photograph Randy Kohrs & The Lites #4 Life Stories Larry Stephenson

King Wilkie and Rounder/Zoe have utilized online resources to push digital downloads of their latest CD, Low Country Suite, and to promote their summer dates. At Rhapsody.com, they are offering an alternate version of the song Rockabye, (Farewell Lonesome Dove) in

Tony Trischka will be the guest on tonight's (7/8) Banjo Talk program. The show is hosted by Dave Pericone, and is an online call in show, much like what you hear on the radio, which runs each Sunday evening from

The Grand Ole Opry has some good bluegrass on tap this weekend, during both the Friday and Saturday night radio broadcasts. Friday (7/6) has Mountain Heart in the 10:00-10:30 p.m. slot, and Jesse McReynolds in the 10:30-11:00 segment. On the big Saturday

Brance posted last month about Kentucky House Bill 71, which made bluegrass the official music of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He also mentioned that a ceremonial signing of the bill would occur during the live taping of Michael Johnathon's Woodsongs

How many Bluegrass Blog readers know that Belfast in Northern Ireland is the sister city to Nashville, TN? Well it is, and Belfast celebrated this 200th birthday year for Nashville with a concert on June 29, reported July 4 on The

When you hear "Dave" and "Top 10" in the same sentence, most Americans immediately think of late night TV. Precious few of us would think... Uncle Dave Macon. But that is exactly what The Murfreesboro Post did, publishing The Top 10

Do you have a window opening of 19'' X 37'' and a crushing need for banjo-themed stained glass? If so, eBay has you covered. The seller created this Tiffany-styled piece as a promotional item for Gibson 25 years ago, and is

We heard recently from Brad Harper, who maintains ResoNation.org, a web site dedicated to the needs and interests of resophonic guitarists. Brad has been running the site since 2004, primarily as a bulletin board forum, and now has nearly 3,000 registered