Bluegrass television news

Emerging Artist Of The Year nominee The Grascals are performing this evening at the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Celebration as part of the Grand Ole Opry 80th anniversary party. As part of their set, The Grascals are proud to join a longstanding

The Del McCoury Band will be appearing on Opry Live on the Great American Country (GAC) cable TV network on Saturday, October 8 (8 p.m. eastern). This is the live telecast of the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast, so folks

Recently we noticed a rumor being passed around that the Grand Ole Opry would no longer be airing on the Great American Country cable TV network (GAC) after the month of October. As best I can tell this rumor seems

I had the opportunity to speak with podcast superstar Wichita Rutherford recently. Now Wichita is an interesting guy. He does podcast interviews with all kinds of people, especially bluegrass stars. He gives away free hams and scary movies. And he

On November 15, DIRECTV, the leading providers of digital satellite entertainment programming with 14.6 million DIRECTV customers nationwide, launches XM Satellite Radio, America's #1 satellite radio service with 5 million subscribers, on channels 801 through 879. This new partnership nearly

A while back I wrote about a new bluegrass friendly TV show called Commerce County Line that is being produced by Brad Davis. At that time the show was in the pilot phase and being pitched to networks. I recently

NBC12 Online is reporting that this year's... Capital One Celebration On Ice will be taped at the Richmond Coliseum in front of a live audience on Wednesday, December 7th.??? The show will feature a cast of professional skaters including Olympic Gold Medalists

CBS has made a video clip available on their web site of the recent appearance with Earl Scruggs, Steve Martin, Pete Wernick, Charles Wood and Tony Ellis. It is in Real Player format and can be accessed here. As is often

Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, has posted a delightful piece on his web site about his recent television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. The performance on September 21 was a five banjo extravaganza, put together and championed

Don't forget that Steve Martin will be a featured guest on The Late Show featuring David Letterman tonight (9/21), with a number of prominent banjo pickers in tow for a special performance. Earl Scruggs, Tony Ellis, Pete Wernick and Charles