Bluegrass television news

It seems like only yesterday that we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music, marked by the first Grand Ole Opry performance in 1946 by the "Original Blue Grass Band:" Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby

Video has been posted of Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers performing last night (10/5) on The Late Show with David Letterman. The song is Saga Of The Old West, one Martin wrote, which is included on his current banjo CD,

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will be musical guests on tonight's (10/5) edition of The Late Show with David Letterman. The show airs on CBS at 11:35 p.m. (ET/PT). They are on tour together throughout October to promote Martin's

The Grascals are among the stars selected to perform during the 44th Annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. This television stalwart, which raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will air on affiliate stations all over the US starting on Sunday,

Here's another great weekend TV viewing option. The broadcast of Alison Krauss & Union Station at The White House (with Brad Paisley and Charley Pride) airs on GAC this weekend. If you didn't get to watch it live online, you can

Song of the Mountains is broadcasting some good bluegrass this weekend on public television stations. This weekend's episode features both Dale Ann Bradley and The Circuit Riders. At the time of taping, Dale Ann had Gena Britt Tew on banjo, Jeremy

The GAC television network (Great American Country) has acquired the rights to re-air episodes from the PBS series Soundstage on their cable channel. These feature live, in-studio performances by top contemporary artists, and GAC will be showing the episodes with

In case you mssed it on Fox last night, here is the video of Steve Martin performing on American Idol. The song is Pretty Flowers from his current release, The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPK5sEG_yJ8

I had to rub my eyes after first reading this press release! Steve Martin will be performing with his banjo tonight on the American Idol finale program. He'll be doing one of his songs from The Crow, officially released today (5/20)

WCNC television in Charlotte, NC did a feature this week on Warren Yates, who builds banjos in a small shop in nearby Hickory. The piece includes interviews with Warren along with Ron Stewart, a prominent Yates endorser, and Dan Tyminski, with