Media

Singer/songwriter Donna Hughes was among the featured performers at last weekend's Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival in Portland, ME. To help promote their appearance, Donna and her guitarist, Rebecca Frazier, did a television spot for WCSH on July 26, which has been

Thanks to IBMA Print Media Board member, Stephanie Ledgin, we have learned of a new magazine devoted to bluegrass music and related music styles. Jerusalem Ridge Magazine, to be published quarterly, was conceived and dedicated to the promotion and preservation

Later this afternoon, XM satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will offer a track-by-track play through of the new release from Williams & Clark Expedition, Brand New Set Of Blues. The show, which launches at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) on July 30, will feature

If you subscribe to Billboard magazine - or have perused a copy at the newstands recently - you will have noticed that the Top Bluegrass Albums chart has disappeared from the print edition of the magazine. This weekly chart, along with

The July 26 edition of The Tennessean, Nashville's hometown paper, has a story sure to be of interest to the many fans of Dave Akeman, a.k.a. Stringbean, one of the most beloved entertainers in the history of traditional string music. He

The last barrier preventing the long proposed merger between satellite radio providers, Sirius and XM, was removed Friday night when the FCC granted approval. The merger will create one satellite provider with a combined subscriber base of 18 million. The approval

Bluegrass Underground, a new monthly live bluegrass music show, is set to debut on WSM on August 29. It will air on WSM and in syndication on the last Friday night of each month at midnight (central time - technically,

WSVS, AM 800 in Crewe, VA has been a radio home to bluegrass music since the station's inception in 1947. The station became most closely associated with bluegrass through the involvement of Charles Johnson (Little Jody Rainwater), who joined the

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper will appear on tonight's (7/25) Grand Ole Opry broadcast, surely sporting tunes from their upcoming Rounder CD, Leavin' Town, due for release on July 29. They are scheduled during the 9:00-9:30 p.m. segment (EDT). Michael will also appear

I crossed paths with Cherryholmes a few days ago, and found time for a nice chat with patriarch, Jere Cherryholmes. He filled me in on what the band has been up to this summer, and what they have planned for