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Chris Pandolfi, bluegrass videographer, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters, and offerer of blunt assessments on the state of the acoustic music business has been invited to give the Tuesday Keynote Address during IBMA's World of Bluegrass conference September 27.

Bearfoot spent a day last week shooting a new music video for Nora Jane Struthers' song, Tell Me A Story, from their upcoming Compass Records album, American Story. Struthers plays guitar and sings with the band, with Angela Oudean on fiddle,

Casey Driessen, he of the wicked fiddle chop, is offering a series of  instructional videos for download from his web site, starting in September. The five lessons will each deal with one aspect of Casey's highly distinctive accompaniment style, starting with

Frank Baker was on hand at the Gettysburg fall festival last weekend, and send along a plethora of fine photographs - so many, in fact, that we will have to publish them in multiple posts over the next few days. Let's

Mountain Roads Recordings has set a November 15 release date for Close Kin, a new hybrid project that marries bluegrass and old time musicians in close collaboration. It's no coincidence that the announcement comes on the heels of the Galax Old

I caught up recently with Jayme Stone, Canadian-based but world-inspired banjo player, and learned that he continues in his quest to place the ol' five in new and unexpected settings. He has notably recorded and performed with prominent west African

We will have a number of new features to announce as part of the relaunch of the site in September, but one that we are especially excited about is a new weekly radio airplay chart. Each week, we will chart the

August has been a good month for Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent. They heard their names called several times when this year's IBMA Award nominations were announced (Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year and Male Vocalist of

The Darrell Webb Band has scheduled a concert video shoot for October, with a 2012 release from Rural Rhythm planned. Filming will take place at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA on October 14, 2011. The venue is located on

Irish singer/songwriter Niall Toner has posted a video essay which traces his life-long love for bluegrass music, his experiences with Bill Monroe in Ireland over the years, and the inspiration and songcraft that went into his new single, William Smith