• The Infamous Stringdusters: Episode 3

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

  • Chris Thile in Fretboard Journal

    The Summer 2008 issue of The Fretboard Journal is set to be mailed to subscribers next week, with a cover feature on Chris Thile. The piece is an interview, conducted by fellow mandolin trailblazer David Grisman, who graced the cover

  • Del soundcheck on WJLA

    Our friend Doug McKelway, who anchors the local news broadcasts for WJLA TV in Washington, DC, was invited to The Del McCoury Band's sound check yesterday prior to the start of DelFest in Cumberland, MD. Doug is also a fine banjo

  • Dr. Ralph, on stage and in print

    Earlier this week I happened to be talking to Jeanie Stanley, who reminded me that this holiday weekend she will be attending Dr. Ralph Stanley's 38th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival, which uncle Ralph holds every year in honor of

  • More luthiers on TV

    Last month we told you about a PodCast on UNC-TV that provided a glimpse of the work that goes into making a fiddle. Now we learn of another instance where television has highlighted the craftsmanship associated with the building of musical

  • Gracie Muldoon – cyber radio tease

    Gracie Muldoon, general manager and popular on-air host on WorldWideBluegrass.com, is really psyched about the interview segments of her Muldoon In The Afternoon program today (5/23). The show runs from noon to 2:00 p.m. (EDT) and will feature a half hour

  • Eddie Adcock on WFDU

    Eddie Adcock will be the featured guest on Friday morning's (5/23) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM, in New Jersey. He will join host Carol Beaugard at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) to talk about the new CD from The Country

  • IBMA prez on Jerry Springer

    Word had reached us about a banjo player being featured in a number of recent episodes of The Jerry Springer Show - the notorious "reality TV" show based in Chicago. The banjo picking was intended not as a performance, but

  • Bluegrass goes to UC Berkeley

    Here's a cool story that demonstrates a bluegrass, can-do attitude. Joel Sidney graduated yesterday from the University of California at Berkeley. Joel's story is unique though. His grade-point average was almost perfect, his degree in American Studies, the subject of his