• Barry Bales video contest – new entry

    Entries are coming in for the Barry Bales Have Bass Will Travel video contest we are running on Bluegrass Today in conjunction with the recent release of his AcuTab bass instructional DVD. The contest promises to be a great deal

  • Rich In Tradition on WBRF

    Rich In Tradition will be in studio with Judith Burnette tomorrow evening on WBRF FM, broadcasting from Galax, VA. Judith tells us that they will be on this Saturday (8/7) during the nine o'clock hour (EDT). "We will be debuting their brand

  • Enter Monroeville

    Another new young band! Monroeville has emerged from the dust-up that saw the members of Second Wind leave Barry Scott en masse in July. They have been active only a week, but much is expected from this talented bunch of pickers. Despite

  • Greensky Bluegrass on WFDU

    We got a note today from Carol Beaugard alerting us to the fact that she will have Greensky Bluegrass live on her Lonesome Pine RFD radio program on Friday morning (7/30). The show airs from 9:00 a.m. to noon in

  • No One You Know to Mountain Fever

    Mountain Fever Records has signed No One You Know to the label, and will release their new album, Calm Before The Storm on August 31. The West Virginia band features Rachel Burge on mandolin, Don Anderson on bass, Ramie Bennett on

  • The first 3D bluegrass video?

    Well...  it's the first one I've heard about. Brian Hilligoss, a Chicago-based artist and producer/director has decided to fight back against the way technology is squeezing out music in the entertainment world - by using the latest technology. When his partner

  • Fleck, Meyer and Hussain on NPR

    NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts has a feature up that features an impromptu performance from Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain. This series of short concerts are shot and recorded in the offices of NPR Music, specifically at the desk of

  • That’s a lot of Dusters on a boat

    So sayeth Chris Pandolfi in another of his "day in the life" videos of The Infamous Stringdusters on the road. This time our heroes are in Seattle to perform at the Tractor Music Club - but first a bit of wake

  • The Starday Story emerges

    Slowly, but surely histories of record labels are emerging. Next in line is The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built, the recounting of the history of Starday Records, one of the most influential record labels of the 1950s and

  • Gangstagrass nominated for Emmy

    The hip-hop/bluegrass mashup known as Gangstagrass has been nominated for an Emmy. The Gangstagrass track Long Hard Times To Come serves as the theme song to the FX series Justified. The track has been nominated for an Emmy in the category