The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2009 International Bluegrass Music Awards. There aren't any surprises among this list of worthies, with perennial favorites like Doyle Lawson, Del McCoury, Blue Highway, IIIrd Tyme Out, Dailey & Vincent,
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Tut Taylor piece at SSPS
Sarah Hagerman has a a great interview with Tut Taylor up on the Steam Powered Preservation Society web site. Entitled Snapshots, Tapes and Broken Strings, the article includes a career overview of the noted resonator guitarist who has performed and recorded
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Cathy and Marcy remember Mike Seeger
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer will be on the Kojo Nnamdi Show today (8/12) on WAMU to remember Mike Seeger and his music. Mike passed away on August 7 at his home. Cathy and Marcy were good friends of Mike's and
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Rhonda and The Big O
Some names in the entertainment world are big enough that no last name is required for people to know who is being referenced. In our bluegrass world, when you hear "Rhonda," you don't have to hear "Vincent" to know which Rhonda
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Just another brick in the wall?
Well, it will be a special brick if you take the The Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundationup on their offer and adopt a brick in their Memorial Brick Wall Project. The Foundation is trying to raise sufficient funds to purchase the Bill
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Grey Fox videos
Even more bluegrass videos! Our friend Fred Robbins sent along a note about what he did on his summer vacation - at Grey Fox. "This year, for the first time in 33 years since I've been attending Berkshire/Winterhawk/Grey Fox off and on,
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Bee-Liners videos for Susanville planned
With a new Pinecastle CD in the pipeline for this fall (Susanville), the Dixie Bee-Liners are in the process of planning music videos for two of the songs on the album. Guitarist and lead vocalist Brandi Hart tells us that the
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Sierra Hull Lowell-fest video
When Sierra Hull was performing at the Lowell Folk Festival just north of Boston, Massachusetts, she did an interview with Kathleen Pierce of the Lowell Sun. The article, which ran on July 31, discussed a number of topics, including her upcoming
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Bush on the Time Machine
Wichita Rutherford has invited Sam Bush to co-host his Sirius radio show, The Grand Old Time Machine, this week. The last time this duo worked together was the year Bush hosted the IBMA Award Show with Wichita co-hosting via video. Wichita
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On The Other Side video from D&V
The first music video from Dailey & Vincent's latest Rounder project, Brothers From Different Mothers, has been posted on YouTube after being only available at CMT.com in July. It's for the song, On The Other Side, and features the guys in