Bluegrass television news

Doug McElway is a popular television news anchor on WJLA, the ABC affiliate station in Washington, DC. He is also an accomplished bluegrass banjo player, a dedicated husband and father - and a daily reader of Bluegrass Today. This past Tuesday

Brance told us last month about a new CD due next month that features a studio collaboration between pop star Bruce Hornsby and bluegrass' Ricky Skaggs. He also made reference to a live show taping for CMT's Crossroads show recorded

As one would have expected, someone has posted the video from Tony Trischka and Steve Martin's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last Thursday up on YouTube. They were on to promote Tony's Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular CD, and played one

This is just a reminder that the Grascals will be appearing on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight. The guys will be performing with country star Dierks Bentley. The show is on CBS and will air tonight at 12:35

Tony Trischka is in Los Angeles today to tape an appearance for The Ellen DeGeneres Show with banjo picking comedian/actor Steve Martin. This show is set to air on Thursday, February 8. Times vary from one market to another. They will

Bluegrass/country star Alison Krauss will make an appearance Monday (2/5) on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, performing with veteran British pop singer John Waite. They will sing Waite's recent re-recording of his 1984 hit, Missing You, which was redone

Blue Moon Rising won the Entertainer of the Year vote here in our unofficial reader poll last fall, and this year they're getting off to a good start. The band is featured in two recent news stories, both of them

Be on the lookout for The Grascals on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday, February 12. They'll be on with Dierks Bentley, with whom they recorded for his new CD. Bentley is a long-time friend of The Grascals'

One of the hottest underground collector's item for serious fans of the early days of bluegrass music have been the various audio tapes, CDs, videos and DVDs of live Flatt & Scruggs performances from the 1950s and 60s. Folks who

BlueHighways TV, the satellite and broadband television network that celebrates the music, folklore, people and traditions of America, has had a good year. In October, they announced a deal with Narrowstep to deliver streaming content from their web site. Last week,