• Buncombe Turnpike – still kicking at CMT.com

    We've posted many times this past few weeks with updates about CMT.com's online video competition for unsigned artists, with the winner being flown to Nashville to record a segment for CMT.com's Studio 330 Sessions. Our focus has been on the bluegrass

  • Andy Staman on WDVX today at noon

    Mandolin (and clarinet) monster Andy Staman will be a featured guest on this afternoon's Blue Plate on WDVX. The show will feature live performance and discussion, and is broadcast from Knoxville, TN at 89.9 FM. The station's feed is also streamed

  • Grascals/Dierks TV repeat tonight

    We posted a heads-up when The Grascals were scheduled to appear on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on February 12, performing with their friend Dierks Bentley. They were on to assist Dierks with his song, Prodigal Son's Prayer,

  • Raising Kane – a bluegrass novel

    Brent Davis has worked in television in Georgia, Alabama and Ohio. He is also an avid bluegrass banjo player, and an author of fiction. His second book, Raising Kane, released in 2006, tells the story of Eddie Kane, a 12 year

  • Live performances on BluegrassRadio.org

    Clyde Scott writes in to tell us about some upcoming live shows that will be available on BluegrassRadio.org this weekend. We are very excited to announce that next weekend the fun in South Georgia continues. Saturday 3/17, we will present Michelle

  • Alison Krauss compilation audio samples

    Also posted today at Rounder.com are audio samples from the upcoming Alison Krauss compilation, A Hundred Miles Or More - A Collection. When we first posted about this CD last month, we mentioned that it was created to showcase the

  • New Quicksilver audio up at Rounder.com

    Audio samples for all 12 tracks on the new Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver release, More Behind The Picture Than The Wall, are now available on the Rounder Records web site. The CD won't be available until March 27, but pre-orders

  • Jethro, Red – and Bill

    Our friends at The Bluegrass Ireland Blog found a terrific video on YouTube that is sure to be a treat for bluegrass mandolin fans. It features Jethro Burns performing a talking blues tribute to the greats of the mandolin, with able

  • Grasstowne’s Dixie Flyer audio online

    The debut single from Grasstowne is available for preview on the Pinecastle Records web site. The track is Dixie Flyer, from their upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Road Headin' Home, due for a June release. The band has generated a good deal