Media

  • Video of Martin, SCR on Letterman

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    Video has been posted of Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers performing last night (10/5) on The Late Show with David Letterman. The song is Saga Of The Old West, one Martin wrote, which is included on his current banjo CD,

  • Behind the scenes with the Dirt Band

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    Speed Of Life, the new CD from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, was released on September 22, distributed by Sugar Hill Records. We'll have an interview with the band's "utility infielder," John McEuen,  as a part of our IBMA Red Carpet

  • WAMU in Nashville for IBMA week

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    Once again, WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live from Nashville during IBMA week. They are dragging all the necessary technical gear, not to mention nearly a dozen staff and show hosts, to The Renaissance Hotel adjacent to the Nashville Convention

  • Bush, Jarosz on Prairie Home Companion

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    This weekend's season-opening edition of A Prairie Home Companion will feature performances by a pair of mandolinists who smartly bookend the modern history of the instrument in bluegrass and Americana music. Sam Bush, the wizened veteran, recently received a Lifetime

  • Steep Canyon Rangers on The Opry

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    Steep Canyon Rangers have a guest spot on tonight's (9/25) Grand Ole Opry broadcast. It will be their second visit to the Opry stage, and banjo picker and primary songwriter Graham Sharp tells us that they will be highlighting material from

  • Casey Driessen: 5-string fiddle hunt

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    Here's something any musician can identify with... the hunt for a new axe. Casey Driessen takes us along as he and Luke Bulla journey to Scottsburg, IN and the shop of noted violinmaker John Silakowski to check out some new 5-string

  • Bluegrass Babies are back

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    Here's Act II from the Bluegrass Babies, a clever animated video from British children's book illustrator Caroline Roberts and Paul Castle of The Rosinators. Our readers loved their first video, and if you have small children (or grandchildren), they

  • Steve Martin sets BU afire

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    Steve Martin graces the cover of the October issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, being mailed to subscribers this week. The hilarious image is one that Martin had considered for the cover of his new banjo CD, The Crow. Inside the magazine is

  • Adam Steffey live at the Station Inn

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    Adam Steffey will be hosting a special CD release event this evening in Nashville - and we are all invited! The CD, One More For the Road, was released on Tuesday and Sugar Hill and BMI have teamed up to sponsor