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Carol Beaugard has an interview scheduled this morning with mega-picker Bruce Molsky on Lonesome Pine RFD. He will join Carol at 11:00 (EDT) on WFDU. Carol will highlight music from Bruce's 2006 Compass release Soon Be Time, plus earlier recordings which

We've posted several times about Amber Collins, a fine young bluegrass singer who fronts the southwestern Virginia band, No Speed Limit. Her solo project, On The Corner, was released this summer, and has generated a lot of attention for her

Mel Bay has released a video interview with mandolin legend Roland White. In it, Erica Cantrell guides him through a discussion of his long and noteworthy career in bluegrass music, interspersed with musical interludes. Roland speaks of his time performing with

In the midst of the IBMA craziness, we neglected to mention the new single from Grasstowne, Kickin' Up Dust. It was released on October 5, and delivered to radio on the latest Rural Rhythm sampler CD. The song came from Wes

The European Bluegrass Blog is reporting that Dutch bluegrass magazine Strictly County will cease publication in February 2011 after 40 years in print. The magazine has been shepherded this past four decades by Rienk Janssen, who will retire after issue

Rural Rhythm Records has released a pair of videos in conjunction with the upcoming October 26 street date for All-Star Jam – Live At Graves Mountain. The album was recorded this summer during the Graves Mountain Festival Of Music in Virginia

Peter Rowan and his bluegrass band - which we profiled during IBMA week - was a recent guest on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. They performed selections from the new album, Legacy, from the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band. Rowan, celebrated

One of the groups that stirred things up during last weekend's IBMA Fan Fest was The Cleverlys, a concept act that mixes bluegrass music with sardonic and mildly-risque humor. Their shtick typically involves covers of pop mega-hits, delivered in a

It's exciting to see all the attention that is being given to the upcoming Bill Monroe centennial in 2011. The ongoing campaign to have Bill Monroe memorialized with an official postage stamp from the US Postal Service is kicking into high

Monroeville took part in a taping for The Today Show earlier this week. Correspondent Jenna Wolfe was in Gatlinburg, TN on Monday (9/27) shooting a piece on the Ole Smoky Distillery which boasts of being the first to offer lawful moonshine