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Flatpicking Guitar Records has two new CD releases which you may want to consider when contemplating gifts for your favorite flatpicker - or flatpicking fan. Plaidgrass is a band whose foundation concept is a mixture of Celtic music instrumentation with a

Jim Lauderdale has just wrapped up shooting and editing his new music video for This Is The Last Time I'm Ever Gonna' Hurt, from his current Yep Roc Records release, The Bluegrass Diaries. Shooting took place in the Fanny Mae Dees

With controversy and legal action still taking place over the rates set for internet radio, the Copyright Royalty Board has fixed new rates for satellite radio services. Since there are only two satellite providers in the US, Sirius and XM

Also just up on the Rounder Records site is a brief interview with Rhonda Vincent regarding her upcoming CD, Good Thing Going. They discussed several aspects of the project's creation including recording at home, who she chose to track with her,

Rounder has just posted audio samples for all 12 tracks on the widely-anticipated and self-titled debut release from Dailey & Vincent. There are also four full length tracks from the CD available for online listening on the band's MySpace page. Check

Mountain Heart is looking to take advantage of the early chart success that their latest CD, Road That Never Ends, has enjoyed with a music video for the title track. The new release appeared on the Billboard Bluegrass chart the

For all you bluegrass fans in South Carolina, here's a bit of good news. WLSC in Loris, SC (25 miles from Myrtle Beach) recently changed hands, and the new owners are friends of bluegrass music. New studios are being constructed for

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has released their latest concert DVD, following the familiar theme of grouping popular flatpickers they have set with previous releases. Guitarmageddon, co-produced with SimpleFolk Productions, showcases three young flatpicking firebrands who have been making their presence felt in

Today's (12/2) edition of The Washington Post contains a lengthy feature on comedian, actor, author Steve Martin - who we all know is also a man who is passionate about the banjo and banjo playing From his earliest days in stand-up

This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. The Clark Brothers delivered another truly outstanding performance on last