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Lead singer and guitar player with the legendary Lonesome River Band, Brandon Rickman is a young man with an old soul. His solo CD by the same name, Young Man, Old Soul, is set for a Track by Track with

Mandolinist Jesse Daniel has joined The Josh Williams Band. The position has been open for several months, with a number of pickers handling the shows, and Josh is happy to have Jesse on board. Daniels is a native of Fyffe, AL

WAMU's Bluegrass Country has a couple of special features on Wednesday (5/19) that may be of interest for those who can catch them online. In fact, these will serve as nice bookends to your online listening day. At 9:00 a.m. (EDT),

The first single from the upcoming Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford CD, Just Along For The Ride, is now available to radio via Airplay Direct. The album, a songwriters project featuring the pair's compositions, is called Dogwood Winter, and it

Back in the late summer of 2008, we first shared news about country crooner Joe Diffie making a return to bluegrass music, from whence he came before Nashville made him a star in the 1990s. Rounder signed him to a

Recording King is so stoked about the debut of their new Elite model banjo (which we profiled last December), that they have released a video extolling its virtues. It was shot in the shop where the banjos are set up

Tom Thomas, who operates the web site for The Flatt & Scruggs Preservation Society, has posted a discography of the band's many recordings, but singles and LPs - plus the more recent compilations. It was sent to the society by a

Del McCoury shares his remembrance of the genesis of the first bluegrass festival in 1967 while discussing how that experience led to his desire to host his own festival in this promotional video for DelFest, held over Memorial Day weekend

The Darrell Web Band will perform tomorrow (5/14) on Blue Plate Special, airing from Knoxville on WDVX. The show goes on at noon (EDT) as it does each weekday, featuring live performances on the radio. The band is Asa Gravley on

Continuing on the Nashville flood relief theme... The Bluegrass Trust Fund, managed by the International Bluegrass Music Association, is available for direct assistance to people who work in the bluegrass industry and have been affected by the recent flooding. This trust