• Blue Highway: Through the Window of a Train

    Blue Highway releases their new CD, Through The Window Of A Train today. You can find our post with links to the audio samples here. We also previously posted video footage, provided by our friends at Lotos Nile, of the first

  • Randy Kohrs unveils new Lites

    Resonator guitarist and vocalist Randy Kohrs has named several new members of his touring band, The Lites. Joining Randy and existing members Ashley Brown on fiddle, Andrew Crawford on guitar and Chris Williamson on bass are Mike Sumner on banjo, Jesse

  • Seldom Scene with Bob Edwards

    Ben Eldridge, Dudley Connell and Fred Travers from Seldom Scene joined Bob Edwards on the radio last Saturday for his Bob Edwards Weekend show on PBS. The show was recorded just after the Grammy nominations were announced in December '07,

  • Alison Krauss, Robert Plant on CMT Crossroads

    Tonight (2/11) is the first airing of the episode of CMT Crossroads featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss performing the music from their duo release, Raising Sand. Crossroads has long had as its theme combining artists from different backgrounds to perform

  • Grasstowne on Blue Plate Special

    Grasstowne will be appearing on a rare Saturday edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX FM in Knoxville, TN on February 9 at noon (EST). WDVX broadcasts at 89.9 FM, and listeners worldwide can catch the show via live streaming from

  • Stringdusters live on WREK

    The Infamous Stringdusters will be doing a live radio appearance Saturday (2/9) at 3:00 p.m. (EST) from the studios of WREK FM in Atlanta, GA. The guys will be interviewed on air, and expect to play a few tunes live in

  • Hag still miffed by Grammy snub

    We ran the story in November '07 when the nominating committee for the Grammy Awards determined that the latest Merle Haggard CD, The Bluegrass Sessions, was despite its title, not eligible for consideration in their Best Bluegrass Album category. By

  • Otis Taylor at Gibson.com

    Gibson has a lengthy article on their web site which features an interview with blues artist Otis Taylor, whose Recapturing The Banjo CD we discussed here last week. The newly-released project represents Taylor's desire to reconnect the banjo as it is

  • Sam Bush on PHC this Saturday (2/9)

    Sam Bush will a featured guest on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast on public radio stations all over the US. The show will broadcast live from St. Paul, MN on February 9 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (EST) over

  • British sisters compete on BBC

    Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have been following the success of The Carrivick Sisters as they compete on the Upstaged show on BBC. The program is a talent show with such odd twists as having contestants perform for hours in a