• Dan Band celebrates on The Opry

    Dan Tyminski will celebrate today's (6/17) release of Wheels, his new Rounder CD, with an appearance on the Tuesday Opry in Nashville. Their set will be during the show's first segment, between 8:00-8:30 p.m. (EDT). The Tuesday Opry broadcast is

  • Sirius-XM merger one step closer

    The Associated Press is reporting that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has announced that he will recommend FCC approval of the proposed merger between the Sirius and XM satellite radio broadcasting companies. From the piece by the AP's John Dunbar: Martin made his

  • Bluegrass on Mountain Stage

    Yesterday (Friday 6/13) I received a note from John Lilly, the editor of Goldenseal (the magazine of West Virginia traditional life) and multi-talented acoustic music performer, telling me about what's on West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage show this coming

  • Opry bluegrass weekend

    Once again, The Grand Ole Opry has some bluegrass to offer in this weekend's broadcasts. Friday night's Opry (6/13) will feature performances from Mountain Heart, The Whites and Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press while Saturday (6/14) night has 3 Fox

  • Claire Lynch on WFDU

    Speaking of Claire Lynch... She will be joining Carol Beaugard on Lonesome Pine RFD this morning (6/13) at 11:00 a.m. to talk about all things Claire. The show airs on WFDU-FM 89.1 FM in the New York city metropolitan area, and over

  • Sparrow Quartet on Woodsongs

    Video of a recent performance by Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour can now be viewed online. The group is composed of Abby on clawhammer banjo and vocals, Bela Fleck on 3 finger banjo,

  • Infamous Stringdusters on WDVX

    Today's (6/12) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX will feature a live (in-studio) set from The Infamous Stringdusters. Surely the guys will be featuring music from their new, self-titled CD, released just this week on Sugar Hill Records. Blue Plate

  • Ned and Cindy do the Awards Show

    The IBMA has announced that Cindy Baucom and Ned Luberecki will be the producers for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards show. They will be tasked with coordinating the artists who will perform and the many presenters who will announce

  • The Infamous Stringdusters: Episode 5

    Here's the fifth installment of the video content we're bringing you as part of our Infamous Stringdusters promotion. The album The Infamous Stringdusters, will be released tomorrow, June 10, 2008. See our original post for information about the pre-order special. This video

  • Stephanie Ledgin photo auction

    Award-winning photo-journalist Stephanie P. Ledgin has announced that her entire photo exhibition, From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music, is for sale by auction. This once-in-a-lifetime, winner-takes-all auction will reap the winning bidder 40 select custom prints from