• Thursday afternoon Bluegrass Country

    WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be live again this afternoon from IBMA. They will have live sets and interviews with a number of bluegrass legends, a couple of new acts with new CDs, a popular songwriter and a preview of tonight's International

  • Crooked Still at Lotus World

    In keeping with Sam Bush's Keynote admonition about supporting new music from a younger generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians, we offer this video clip of Crooked Still. It's of them at the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington,

  • Bluegrass Country Wednesday schedule

    You know what they say about the best laid plans... If you were listening in to WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Tuesday afternoon to catch the live interviews from IBMA, you noticed that a technical glitch shut them down for about an

  • Bluegrass Country Tuesday lineup

    Once again, WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live at IBMA this afternoon from 3:00-6:00 p.m. (EDT). Today's spots will include a couple of long-time bluegrass acts and several new, young groups at World of Bluegrass looking for a chance to

  • 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert

    This past Friday (9/24) saw the 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert held in Bethesda, MD. This is an annual event, honoring the various recipients of each year's substantial fellowship awards. Among the 2010 recipients were bluegrass icons, Del McCoury and

  • Classic New South on WSKV

    Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings

  • WAMU’s Bluegrass Country at IBMA

    WAMU's Bluegrass Country will once again be broadcasting live from IBMA for several hours each day. Most of your favorite on-air personalities are in Nashville this week, and the Bluegrass Country steam will go live from the 4th floor of

  • Blue Highway fans win IBMA prize pack

    Jill Geary from San Diego, CA is the winner of the Grand Prize in the 2010 World Of Bluegrass Sweepstakes. This annual contest offers a number of winners to travel to the IBMA convention in Nashville and attend free of