This afternoon (July 1) at 4:00 p.m., XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction offers the first look and listen to Keep On Walkin', the third Rounder release from The Grascals. Band members Terry Eldredge, Aaron McDaris, and Terry Smith will join Bluegrass
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New look for BMP
We just received our summer (July/August) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles and found, in addition to a cover feature on Longview, that the magazine has graduated to a full color, glossy stock publication. BMP debuted in the spring of 2003 as
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Bluegrass surf music?
Here's a video that's simply too precious for words... Our friend Dave Hollender found this on Dailymotion.com. It's a clip of Donna and Ronnie Stoneman from 40 plus years ago. Here how the clip is described at Dailymotion... "Here's a Bluegrass-Hullabaloo crossover performance:
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Chapmans offer free track download
The Chapmans are hoping to use the leverage of viral marketing to help promote their next recording project. They have a new single release, which is being offered as a free digital download online. The track is a remake of Redwood
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Digital
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has entered the digital domain. The magazine has been producing a CD for many years now, to accompany each issue. But now the magazine content itself is being offered in digital form. Flatpickdigital.com offers subscribers the opportunity to
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Open House at WAMU
Our friend Katy Daley sent along this report from this past weekend's Open House event for WAMU's Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC. On Sunday, June 22, the station offered live music and hosted listeners for station tours at WAMU, and Katy
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AMA nominations include bluegrass artists
The nominees for the 2008 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards have been announced, and as is usually the case, a number of bluegrass or bluegrass-related acts are in the running. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are nominated for Album Of
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KET’s Jubilee attractions
With gas prices making festival attendance more doubtful, for many, bluegrass on television perhaps becomes more attractive than hitherto. Recently, I was alerted to the appearance on Kentucky Educational Television's Jubilee stage of California's High Country, one of the West Coast's
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The Wright Kids on America’s Got Talent
Long time readers of Bluegrass Today may recall a story we posted two years ago about a then 7 year old Baruch Wright, who was a finalist - and eventual winner - in Oscar Mayer's Sing The Jingle, Be A
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Jayme Stone: Africa to Appalachia
Following John's recent post concerning the upcoming release of Africa To Appalachia, the Los Angeles Times Music Blog conducted an interview with Jayme Stone recently. The interview was published last Thursday. The primary focus is an exploration of the connections between