The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Dan Hays, their Executive Director for 21 years, is resigning his position effective February 29, 2012. Hays has served since 1990 when the organization was based in Owensboro, KY and was instrumental in
Our first Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay Chart is now available for viewing. This chart compiles the radio spins measured for the month prior, and will be released during the first week of each new month. Both are generated by reports from more
About 6 months ago somebody high up in the biz told me, “If you don’t have a MySpace account, you’re missing it. When it comes to a web presence for bands and musicians, MySpace has all the credibility.” I hadn’t looked
Last night's (11/1) edition of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central included a web-only performance from the Men of the Goat Rodeo: Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan. This quartet has recently released a new album of regional
Noam Pikelny has had help from some unexpected sources when it comes to promoting his new album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. First, the Punch Brothers banjoist was featured in an hilarious short film, created by his Hollywood pal
WAMU, the American University-based public radio station - the leading station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area - celebrated 50 years of public broadcasting in Washington, D.C. this past Saturday, October 29. The evening event featured a
In only four short weeks, the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart has reached 100 reporting stations. We are delighted to acknowledge our 100th, WAMU's Bluegrass country in Washington, DC. Shortly after he took over as Senior Music Producer at the station,
The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) has been named the winner of a special award. The Owensboro, Kentucky-based IBMM has been honoured with a Kentucky History Award for education for its William Smith ‘Bill’ Monroe Centennial Exhibit, which opened in September
Tonight in Boston, Della Mae will celebrate the release of their new CD, I Built This Heart, at Beantown's venerable Club Passim. If you, like most of our readers can't make the trip, you can watch the whole thing streaming
The Banjo Project documentary is to be aired November 4, as part of the PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains series. Give Me the Banjo, an 80-minute film narrated by Steve Martin, will be one episode in the new mini-series, Arts Fall Festival, scheduled for national
