• Banjo Camp! – Call for Submissions

    Summer's barely begun and Gene Senyak's research into banjo camps, college programs, and resident workshops has already taken hin to four camps, three college programs, and one resident workshop...that's over 3,000 miles at $3/gallon! His first field report is

  • BluegrassCountry.org to require registration

    Starting this Friday (7/20) BluegrassCountry.org will require user registration in order to access their 24/7 bluegrass audio stream online. There is no charge to register, and users will not need to log in each time they access the stream unless

  • Internet Radio Royalty Update

    Yesterday we reported that SoundExchange would not be "enforcing" the new royalty rate set to go in effect tomorrow. This was based on a statement made by Jon Simson, executive director of SoundExchange. Simson has since clarified, or qualified depending

  • Internet Radio Saved?

    With the July 15th deadline for the new internet radio royalties fast approaching, webcasters were starting to despair. But they are breathing easier today. Yesterday, at a congressional hearing, Jon Simson (executive director) of SoundExchange promised that the new rates

  • Cherryholmes contest winners announced

    Cherryholmes has announced the winners in a contest we told you about in late May, drawn from customers who pre-ordered a copy of their new CD, Cherryholmes II - Black and White, from their web site. The grand prize of a

  • Air date change for Alison Krauss on GAC

    The Alison Krauss special on GAC we posted about last month, which was originally set to air this weekend, has been postponed until a later date. "Technical difficulties" is the reason given by GAC, and no rescheduled date has been

  • XM Top 40 for July

    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has relaesed their July Top 40, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. June's top 5 albums were: #1 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #2 Long List Of Hearthaches The Grascals #3 Old Photograph Randy Kohrs & The Lites #4 Life Stories Larry Stephenson

  • Ricky and Bruce on CBS Friday morning

    Just a quick reminder about a live performance Brance told us about last month. Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs will be appearing on this Friday's (7/13) edition of the CBS Early Show, along with Ricky's band, Kentucky Thunder. They will perform

  • Randy Kohrs in Mix Magazine

    Mix Magazine is one of the top publications for the studio/technology aspect of the recording industry. The magazine's usual focus is on new gear, new trends in mixing, big projects that get a lot of attention, and the occasional studio

  • Haggard and bluegrass and Krauss… oh my!

    Billboard is reporting a couple of new bits of information about the upcoming Merle Haggard acoustic/bluegrass CD we had told you about late last year. We had reported that this new recording would feature Hag and some of Nashville's top