• Abby and Bela on WDVX

    On today's (4/3) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, Abigail Washburn & Sparrow Quartet featuring B?©la Fleck will perform. The show airs at noon (EDT) from the Knoxville, TN studios of WDVX before a live audience, ahead of their

  • Lionsgate Music Signs the Infamous Stringdusters

    For The Infamous Stringdusters, things just couldn't get much better. The band's debut CD, Fork In The Road, was very well received, as have been their live performances. The band walked away from IBMA's 2007 award show with three awards.

  • IBMA: Leadership Bluegrass 2008 Graduates

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has just announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2008. 2008 marks the ninth year IBMA has held the Leadership Bluegrass conference with more than 200 alumni now having participated. The program brings together 25 individuals

  • Sierra Hull spreads her wings

    Sierra Hull, the prodigious young singer and mandolin player, who has a debut Rounder album, Secrets, set for release on May 6, has landed a part in the film about Billy Graham's early life, currently being shot on location in

  • Tim O’Brien on Blue Plate Special

    Tim O'Brien is hitting the radio tour this week, promoting his new CD, Chameleon, just out on the Proper American label. He appeared this past Monday on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (video available online) and will be the guest

  • Country Gazette Magazine ceasing publication

    Dutch country and bluegrass periodical, Country Gazette, is scheduled to publish it's last issue next month. The magazine has been in publication for 35 years, covering all things country and bluegrass in Northern Europe. On April 26, 2008, the May/June

  • Evans, Bledsoe on WFDU

    Carol Beaugard has two interesting guests lined up for this morning's (3/28) edition of Lonesome Rine RFD on WFDU-FM. Bluegrass Now publisher Wayne Bledsoe and jazz/bluegrass sax man Bill Evans are both scheduled for a visit. Brance posted last week with

  • Blue Highway on XM

    Blue Highway will be the featured guest on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. They join host Kyle Cantrell for some live music from their new CD, Through the Window of a Train, and

  • Bela Fleck film wins fan choice award

    Earlier this month, Bela Fleck's documentary film, Throw Down Your Heart, was premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, TX. SXSW is a 5 day festival that is a combination of trade show and festival for