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The February '08 edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine includes a new gear report about the Blueridge BR -40AS guitar. This particular version of the Blueridge, the Saga Music brand guitar, continues the pattern of the range that mixes affordability with

When the Fox TV show Next Great American Band was airing in late 2007, we covered the show each week. Right from the first episode, there were two bluegrass/acoustic acts in the running for this American Idol-style competition, and Casey

Michael Roux, publicist at the University Of Illinois Press, recently shared some exciting information about the forthcoming book about Hazel Dickens that is due to be published in June.Working Girl Blues: The Life And Music Of Hazel Dickens is a

Rob and Alan Fennah are brothers with an interest in music and performance arts. Living in the UK they formed the band Alternative Radio in 1981. Their sound is most definitely not bluegrass. But recently the duo have been pursuing

Chris Pandolfi, banjo man with The Infamous Stringdusters, has posted a couple of works in progress on his MySpace page. The two tracks are tunes he has written and intends to record for a future solo project, and are presented in

Cadillac Sky recently filmed a segment of CMT's online show, Unplugged at Studio 33o. They performed several songs from their most recent release, Blind Man Walking, and sat for an interview about their plans for 2008. Their show will debut at

Americanaroots.com posted a Q&A type interview with Russell Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out yesterday. During the course of the interview they discuss the new Rounder release Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection, the song selection for that compilation, recent band member

Video is now available online for Rhonda Vincent & The Rage's recent appearance on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. The hour-long show, hosted by Michael Jonathan, features Rhonda as the sole guest performing music from her new CD, Good

The Bluegrass Guide will launch their 2008 Songwriter Chat season tomorrow night (1/15) with noted songsmith Tim Stafford as their guest. This year's host for Songwriter Chat will be Eric Gibson, half of the bluegrass singing/songwriting duo, The Gibson Brothers. You

Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Molsky will be the featured guest on this week's edition of Old Time Jam with Hubie King on BluegrassCountry.org. Bruce spends an hour with Hubie talking about his music, and sharing a number of songs on fiddle, banjo and