Online resources and features

Here's a fun video clip which has made the rounds on the Internet a number of times. It features a seven year old Ricky Skaggs performing with Flatt & Scruggs on their television program. He sings Ruby and plays his

Brance has posted a number of times recently about artists who have bluegrass music as a recurring theme in their work. Earlier this week we found another, William H. "Scoot" Dryden, Jr., whose large oil paintings are far more abstract than

McCoury Music has posted audio samples for all 12 tracks on the new Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear - along with special, pre-release Internet pricing. The CD isn't set for an official release until May 1, but online

WPAQ AM 740 in Mount Airy, NC has a long history in bluegrass music. Since 1948, they have broadcast a mix of old time, bluegrass and Gospel music along with Christian programming to folks in northwestern North Carolina. Though they have

The Recording King banjo and guitar company has made its 2007 catalog available online as a PDF download. It includes photos, descriptions and individual specifications for their line of resonator and open back 5 string banjos, and their cowboy-themed Western Collectible

MSN Video has posted a ten minute clip of Alison Krauss' appearance on Imus In The Morning earlier this week. She and Union Station are in electric mode for You're Just A Country Boy, but are back to acoustic instruments for

The International Bluegrass Music Association's marketing effort to bring new listeners into the fold, Discover Bluegrass, has a revamped web site, and encourages IBMA members to take advantage of some of the promotional opportunities offered via DiscoverBluegrass.com. The site now will

The three CD reissues from Rebel that we previewed last month are officially released today. These include a first-time-on-CD reissue of JD Crowe's classic Bluegrass Holiday, and compilations of new-to-CD Gospel cuts from Ralph Stanley, Mountain Preacher's Child, and a budget-priced

If you didn't catch Shawn Lane, Wayne Taylor and Tim Stafford of Blue Highway singing the pre-race National Anthem at the Bristol Motor Speedway on April 24, you can watch a web video of them on YouTube. They had been invited

Acoustic Guitar Magazine has an article in the May 2007 issue which follows the production of a Martin D-28 guitar through the production process. It starts with the Martin wood storage area and proceeds through the many stages, showing the