Bluegrass television news

The story of banjo man Eddie Adcock's groundbreaking brain surgery, which we first reported here a month ago, is spilling out into the national and international media. The procedure involved embedding electrical leads in his brain, connected to a pulse generator

A crew from ABC's Good Morning America was at IBMA this week to talk to Eddie Adcock about his recent deep brain surgery at Vanderbilt here in Nashville. The segment is scheduled to run on Friday morning (10/3) during the show's

The Wright Kids, young bluegrassers on their way to becoming pop stars, have made it to the finals on America's Got Talent. They were voted into the top 10 based on their performance last week, and will appear again on

The nominees for the 2008 Country Music Awards were announced earlier this week, and there are only two bluegrass-related artists who made the cut. Jerry Douglas is nominated again for Musician Of The Year, and award he has won three times

Rounder has announced that they will release A Hundred Miles or More: Live From The Tracking Room featuring Alison Krauss on DVD this fall. This presentation was aired on GAC television last year when Alison's A Hundred Miles Or More: A

Tonight (9/9), young bluegrassers The Wright Kids take the stage of NBC's America's Got Talent to try and pick and sing their way into the show's Top 10 finalists. Winners are chosen each week by audience vote, and the kids

We told you last week about The Wright Kids appearing on the August 27 episode of America's Got Talent. It sounds like a lot of folks watched and voted, as they were moved through to next week's 2nd round shows. It's not

The Grascals will be performing live today (8/29) on the News at Noon program on Chicago's WGN TV. WGN is carried on most US basic cable packages and many satellite packages as well. They will be highlighting songs from their new

We posted a couple of months ago about The Wright Kids, a trio of young bluegrass pickers who have been selected to compete in the third season of NBC's hugely popular show, America's Got Talent. The Wright Kids are just that

The Grascals are scheduled to perform this Saturday (8/16) on The Grand Ole Opry, not only on the radio, but on the televised portion as well. They'll be offering songs from their latest CD, Keep On Walkin', and celebrating the