Bluegrass fans who turn to BluegrassCountry.org for their 24/7 bluegrass fix will be in for a shocker on Tuesday. The folks at BluegrassCountry, like their sister station WAMU.org, will participate in the Day Of Silence campaign on June 26 to
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12 year old fiddler on NPR
Here's a nice feel good story as we head into the weekend... All Things Considered, on National Public Radio, ran a piece earlier this week about Roland Clark, a 12 year old fiddle phenom from Vermont. Roland has been playing for
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Doyle Lawson on GAC this weekend
Doyle Lawson will join host Kylie Harris on this weekend's edition of The Edge of Country on GAC. It will air on Saturday (6/23) at 1:00 p.m., and again on Monday (6/25) at both 1:00 and 11:00 p.m. (EDT). The interview
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Alison Krauss – 100 Miles Or More on GAC
Among the many reasons Alison Krauss has generated such a large and enduring following would have to include her ability to appeal to a widely diverse fan base. Bluegrass fans love her for her gritty, grassy tunes - and for
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Jim Lauderdale: Who’s Leaving Who
Jim Lauderdale's CD, Bluegrass, is one of my favorite releases of 2007. I wrote about the disc here when it first came out. Lauderdale has just released a music video for the song Who's Leaving Who. The video is airing on
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Infamous Stringdusters on BluegrassCountry.org
BluegrassCountry.org will be featuring music from a live show by The Infamous Stringdusters in a special program this next two weeks (June 18-July 2). The band is also interviewed during this segment, where they discuss how they create their unique
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Two new CDs: Tim Carter and Tommy Webb
We received two fine CDs recently, from artists whose music may not be familiar to a wide listening audience. Both projects have their roots in the rich, fertile "bluegrass crescent" that encircles eastern Kentucky and Tennessee along with western Virginia
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ROMP 2007 Festival
This weekend those that are able should make plans to attend the ROMP 2007 event in Owensboro, KY. ROMP is the music festival sponsored by the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM), and features a line up that will make you
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Bonnaroo fest streaming video at AT&T blueroom
The AT&T blueroom is offering a live video stream from the Bonnaroo festival this weekend (6/15/17) online. You can see the performance schedule they will carry on the Bonnaroo site. This isn't a bluegrass event by any stretch, but a number
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Takeharu Kunimoto & Last Frontier – Virginia to Tokyo
Takeharu Kunimoto is a popular personality in Japan, where he performs on the shamisen in the traditional rokyoku style, and works as an actor, storyteller and narrator for children's movies. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, both on the