• Chris Stuart on Lonesome Pine RFD

    Chris Stuart, singer, songwriter - and the 2008 IBMA Print Media Person of The Year -  will join Carol Beaugard on Friday morning on WFDU. He'll talk with Carol about his new status as the winner of a major award,

  • Carrie Hassler has the key

    Well, not yet...but she soon will. Pikeville, TN, Hassler's hometown, will be presenting her with the Key to the City next month. Pikeville Mayor, Greg Johnson, will make the presentation and proclaim Carrie Hassler Day, on December 5, 2008. There will

  • Sierra Hull on Bluegrass Breakdown

    Sierra Hull was the featured guest on this past weekend's edition of Bluegrass Breakdown, hosted by Dave Higgs on Nashville Public Radio. She was joined in the studio by Cory Walker (banjo, resonator guitar), Ron Block (guitar, banjo) and Beth Lawrence

  • IBMM opens Curly Seckler exhibit

    On Sunday, November 2, 2008, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, unveiled a brand new Curly Seckler exhibit. The exhibit, which will remain up for one year, includes photos, posters and LPs from Seckler's 70 plus years in bluegrass

  • Magic banjos?

    Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have a new video podcast available on their web site - Cathy & Marcy in BANJOLAND. It's a fun romp through the world of banjos, designed to introduce the instrument to younger folks without a clear

  • Friday interviews online

    It must be Women In Bluegrass Friday this week - at least in online radio streams. We found two interviews scheduled for 11/14 with prominent female artists, and noted female radio hosts. First up is fiddler April Verch who be a

  • Free online music courses

    We got a note this morning from Kelly Sonora at MatchACollege.com about their latest listing of Open Couseware Collections for musicians online. The list contains links to 50 sites offering free courses, classes and lectures from a wide range of educational

  • Bluegrass news at Sirius/XM

    The dust is finally settling after the recent Sirius/XM satellite radio merger, and it appears that nearly all of the familiar voices bluegrass fans have become accustomed to hearing on the two networks have made the cut in the revamped

  • European Bluegrass Summit in 2009

    Following on the heels of a successful International Bluegrass Summit at this year's IBMA, a European Bluegrass Summit is planned to take place February 7-8, 2009 in B?ºhl/Baden, southern Germany. Anyone within the bluegrass community in Europe is invited to attend.

  • Charlie Daniels live DVD

    Koch Records has announced the release yesterday (11/11), of Charlie Daniels And Friends Live From Nashville concert video. The DVD, Preachin', Prayin', Singin',  features the likes of Mac Wiseman, Earl, Gary and Randy Scruggs, Del, Ronnie and Rob McCoury as well