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The International Bluegrass Music Association has recently created a page on MySpace to help spread the word about the organization and its mission. At this time of year, that mission is largely centered on the 2007 World of Bluegrass convention and

Gibson has a page on their web site dedicated to several modern bluegrass artists who are having an impact on the music. As it happens, they all play Gibson mandolins. What a coincidence! The artists featured are The Infamous Stringdusters, Cherryholmes,

UKBluegrass.com recently posted an interview with fiddle player, and instructor, Brian Wicklund. The interview centers around the instructional website BluegrassCollege.org. Brian was one of the founders of the site and continues to teach fiddle lessons online as one of the

Compass Records has launched a YouTube channel to promote the many fine artists who record for the label. They intend to feature music videos, concert footage and even funny moments with Compass artists. The first video is a live performance from

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

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

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

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 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

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