• Bluegrass Blog on the radio this morning

    Don't forget that our own John Lawless will be interviewed this morning on the Lonesome Pine RFD show, carried on WFDU 89.1 FM. The show broadcasts from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and serves the New York City metro market.

  • James Monroe out of the concert biz

    The Associated Press is reporting that James Monroe, son of the Father of Bluegrass Music, is selling the concert hall he has been running near the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, about 40 miles north of Nashville. The son of the late bluegrass

  • Clarence White in Acoustic Guitar Magazine

    The latest edition of Acoustic Guitar Magazine features an article written by guitar master Scott Nygaard, entitled Flying High: Clarence White Feature Lesson. The article includes a good bit of historical information about Clarence, including his influences, and comments from some

  • Lawless interview on WFDU Friday

    Your humble blogger will be a guest this coming Friday morning (11/30) on WFDU-FM, broadcast on 89.1 FM in the New York City metro market. I'll join hosts Carol Beaugard and Steve Lutke at 10:15 a.m. (EST) to talk about

  • Bluegrass Opry tonight

    Tonight's (11/27)edition of the Tuesday Opry has both Rhonda Vincent & The Rage and Cherryholmes scheduled to perform. This will be Rhonda's last show for 2007, as she and the band are taking December off to recuperate from a very

  • Plant/Krauss video debuts on CMT

    The first single from the new Robert Plant and Alison Krauss CD, Raising Sand, is for the song, Gone, Gone, Gone. The world premier of the music video for the single will be on November 29 on CMT's Top 20

  • Grasstowne – one year in

    Here's another bluegrass anniversary worth noting. It was almost exactly one year ago that we told you about a new band forming with prominent members drawn from several popular touring acts. The announcement came on December 1, 2006 of the imminent debut

  • Sell your video in iTunes with TuneCore

    It can be argued that a music video is a good promotional tool. And while that may be true, bluegrass artists seeking to get a video out to their fans have quite probably felt some frustration. Youtube and other online

  • Milestone for ukbluegrass.com

    Congratulations to our friends at ukbluegrass.com! They have just completed their first year online promoting British Bluegrass, and are celebrating with a giveaway for their UK readers. Prizes are drawn from recent releases from a number of prominent bluegrass Brits (Howard