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The highly anticipated, self-titled debut CD from The Boxcars won't drop until October 19, but Mountain Home Records has just released a first single to radio. The song is December 13th, one of nine band originals out of thirteen tracks on

The Archetones are a new alt-county duo featuring Chris Henry on mandolin and electric guitar. Chris comes from the bluegrass Henry family -  mom Murphy and dad Red are both celebrated entrepreneurs and musicians - which also spawned another music pro

Steve Martin will be a guest on the Wednesday (9/8) edition of Good Morning America, performing on the banjo along with Steep Canyon Rangers. He will be on to promote his new children's book, Late For School, which is released on

Chris Pandolfi, resident videographer and banjo picker with The Infamous Stringdusters, has created another of his 'Dusters on the road videos, combining footage from a number of recent tours. In this one, he focuses on the fellows enjoying the great outdoors,

FestivaLink, the online purveyor of live show downloads, has released a special package of sets from Merlefest 2010, with a portion of the sales proceeds going to benefit the Bluegrass Trust Fund. The fund is administered by the International Bluegrass Music

This next week's syndicated broadcast of Into The Blue with Terry Herd will include an interview with Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford. They join Terry to discuss their superb new Rural Rhythm project, Dogwood Winter, and spin some of the

Bristol (England) born musician and Country Music fan and founder of Keg Records, Alan John Britton, has written a biography about Art Satherley. The book, Uncle Art, will be published on October 19, the anniversary of Satherley’s birthday. For the author,

It can now be confirmed. The long-rumored and oft-promised debut CD from Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin will be available in late September, roughly during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville. This is a side project for these noted

My very own hometown newspaper, The Roanoke Times, published a very nice feature on the venerable County Sales in their Sunday (8/29) edition. It was written by Tad Dickens, music reporter for the paper. As a young student of bluegrass banjo

The International Bluegrass Music Museum is celebrating Bill Monroe's birthday early. Actually, they are simply taking two years to celebrate his 100th birthday as part of a worldwide Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. The IBMM has three exhibits planned as part of the