• Starling, Emmy Lou on The Opry

    More great bluegrass radio news for the upcoming football weekend. The Saturday Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast on WSM will include performances from John Starling & Carolina Star, along with Bobby Osborne, Mike Snider, and Del McCoury. The Whites, Emmy Lou

  • Jason Carter in Strings Magazine

    Jason Carter, the hot shot fiddler in The Del McCoury Band, is profiled in the March 2007 issue of Strings Magazine. This issue has a photo of Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti on the cover, and should be on newstands soon. The

  • Uncle Earl – Waterloo, Tennessee

    Rounder Records has just posted audio samples from the upcoming release from Uncle Earl, Waterloo, Tennessee, their second for Rounder. It was produced by John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) and features the same brand of raucous old time

  • John Starling, Emmy Lou discuss new CD

    We posted last month about Slidin' Home, the Rebel release from John Starling & Carolina Star due out on February 20. Assisting John in Carolina Star are fellow original Seldom Scene members Tom Gray and Mike Auldridge, with a guest

  • Two great reviews for Tony Trischka

    Tony Trischka picked up a couple of great reviews from major city papers over the weekend for his new CD, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular. They appeared in Sunday's Charlotte News & Observer, and The Washington Post as well

  • Bluegrass College updated

    Online instructional resource The Bluegrass College, has undergone a complete website revamp. Based on feedback from it's ever-growing numbers of subscribers, the site owners have made changes intended to increase the site usability and ease of use. Site navigation is now

  • Andy Statman in The Chicago Tribune

    David Royko had a nice feature on Andy Statman in yesterday's edition of The Chicago Tribune. It was written primarily to preview and promote a Statman show in Chicago on February 5, but includes an overview of his music career,

  • Del, Dr. Ralph on The Opry

    More great bluegrass is on tap in this Saturday night's Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast. The Del McCoury Band and Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys are featured this week, as are The Whites and Jesse McReynolds & The

  • Festival Preview launches new site

    Our friend Dan Ruby has just launched a completely overhauled and updated version of his site Festival Preview. The site is designed to be a one-stop source for news, opinion, and comment on festivals of all genres happening anywhere in