• Fanning The Fire

    Fanning The Fire, a new short documentary set to enter this season's film festival circuit, uses the passion and excitement of a young Texas picker to demonstrate to audiences of any age what bluegrass music is all about. Though it features

  • Grascals in black and white

    The Grascals have a new video from their recent release, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin', their Andy Griffith Show tribute project. It includes an album's worth of songs made famous on the Griffith show during the 1960s,

  • Bluegrass Europe on its own

    The current April/May edition of Bluegrass Europe magazine boasts a number of milestones. Bluegrass Europe was founded and first published by Paolo Dettwiler who continued as the editor until the February/March 2011 edition, after which he retired. The magazine debuted

  • Thoughts on Grammy category restructuring

    The Recording Academy, the organization that manages the annual Grammy Awards, generated some controversy earlier this month when they shuffled and reorganized some of the award categories for 2011. In total, the number of categories has been whittled down from

  • 2011 Dove Awards

    The winners of the 2011 Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association were announced last night during their annual gala awards presentation in Atlanta. This year marked the 42nd presentation of these awards, which encompass a wide variety of Gospel

  • Alison Krauss talks Paper Airplane

    Last week saw the release of Paper Airplane from Alison Krauss & Union Station, their first full band project since 2004. It's a splendid example of why this group, and their superstar lead singer, have made such a powerful impact well

  • Important changes for 2011 World Of Bluegrass

    Well, you can't say they didn't listen. IBMA has announced a number of major changes to the pricing and availability options during this year's World Of Bluegrass Convention in Nashville. As attendance at this flagship event has dwindled in recent years,

  • Jubilation Day video from Steve Martin

    Steve Martin has released a music video for the song Jubilation Day, one of several comic songs on his new album, Rare Bird Alert, produced as a collaborative project with Steep Canyon Rangers. It was shot during the early touring in