Media

We often receive email from bluegrass/acoustic music radio hosts from well outside the typical bluegrass demographic, often desperate to find music they might feature in their programming. In many cases, these are shows or stations of which the labels and

Well... the vote is in and Punch Brothers were defeated in the ESPN Baseball Tonight band competition by country singer Gretchen Wilson. The contest was in honor of the 100th anniversary of the venerable Take Me Out To The Ballgame,

Banjo builder Warren Yates has created a video that takes you into his shop for a bird's eye view of the skills and techniques he employs in creating a Yates Banjo - with a tantalizing peek at the much-heralded secret

Homespun has released mandolin transcription books to match two recent CDs from Butch Baldassari, Mandolin Hyms and Appalachian Mandolin & Dulcimer. Each book contains complete mandolin transcriptions in both tablature and standard notation, plus a copy of the original CD. Mandolin

The first music video from Dan Tyminski's Wheels CD has been released. It's for the title track, and can be viewed now at CMT.com. The video shows Dan and his band traveling the country by train, and rather than telling the

This afternoon's (7/10) Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU will include a segment at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) on the African roots of our beloved banjo. Kojo will welcome Malian musician Cheick Hamala Diabate and American banjoist Bob Carlin for a discussion, and

The Dixie Bee-Liners will be the guest on this next coming week's edition of Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. They'll perform songs from their latest Pinecastle CD, RIPE, featuring their currently popular single, Down On The Crooked

Bryan Simpson of Cadillac Sky just shot us a note with news about one of the songs on their upcoming CD, Gravity's Our Enemy, set for an August 19 Skaggs Family release. It's not really a single release, but one of

The Del McCoury Band will make a guest appearance tomorrow, July 10, at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on The Big Show with John Boy & Billy. They'll be on promoting the latest CD from McCoury Music, Moneyland, a multi-artist collection based around

The Punch Brothers have advanced to the final three in the ESPN's Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Battle of the Bands. The Brothers are now competing against Gretchen Wilson and Ozomatli for the top spot. You can still vote