• Bluegrass radio and PBS pledge week

    If you enjoy programming on public radio or television in the US, you will have noticed that both are currently in the middle of their annual campaign to attract donations from viewers. Well... at least the TV side is. Public radio

  • Sierra Hull Live @ CMT

    CMT has released a live performance by Sierra Hull & Highway 111 as part of a new online concert program called Live @ CMT. If you've not caught the latest edition of Sierra's band, with newest member Jake Stargell on guitar,

  • Photos from Folk Alliance

    Though we weren't able to have correspondents at the Folk Alliance conference in Memphis last month, our Bluegrass Today advertising and promotion team was on the ground scoping things out. They reported encountering a good many bluegrass and grass-like acts in

  • John Cowan Presents: I Believe To My Soul

    John Cowan is the latest Nashville music celebrity with a bluegrass connection to launch a recurring program on WSM radio. Mountain Heart also has a featured spot once a month. The debut edition of John Cowan Presents: I Believe To My

  • IBMA Chief Pledges Focus on Finances

    IBMA President and Chairman of the Board Stan Zdonik says improving IBMA’s financial health “will be the driving criterion” behind all decisions by the group’s board of directors “until we are again running in the black.” Zdonik’s comments came in a

  • Job openings at IBMA

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has published job listings for two openings in their Nashville office. There is a full time, permanent position and a part time temporary one. Details, as provided by IBMA: Media and Administrative Assistant  Requirements: An associate degree and/or certifications

  • Dierks and Punch Brothers on Ellen

    Today's edition of the Ellen Show will include a performance from Dierks Bentley and Punch Brothers. They are teaming up to reprise their combined efforts on Bob Dylan's Senór from Bentley's 2010 Up On The Ridge album. That track is included

  • Banjo from Rascal Flatts

    The newest video from country music superstars Rascal Flatts is the debut single from their upcoming album, Charged, due April 3. Though not a specifically bluegrass song, the title is Banjo, and the message is one of getting far enough away

  • IBMA Bluegrass in the Schools webinar

    First generation bluegrass pioneers regularly performed in schools, during an era when schoolhouses were the center of activity in communities. Such performances, however, were generally held in the evenings for audiences comprised of the general public. As educational programs and funding

  • Movement and Location live

    Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend, and while digital clocks and appliances have made re-setting less of an issue, the advent of the time change does still herald a number of important milestones. It means that college basketball is coming to