• Festival Preview launches new site

    Our friend Dan Ruby has just launched a completely overhauled and updated version of his site Festival Preview. The site is designed to be a one-stop source for news, opinion, and comment on festivals of all genres happening anywhere in

  • History of the Banjo on BBC

    BBC Radio 4 FM carried a 30 minute program yesterday on the history of the banjo. It is set to air again on January 29 from 11:00-11:30 p.m. (GMT), but it can also be heard on the BBC web site

  • Grascals on CBS on 2/12

    Be on the lookout for The Grascals on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday, February 12. They'll be on with Dierks Bentley, with whom they recorded for his new CD. Bentley is a long-time friend of The Grascals'

  • Pete Seeger wins ALA book award

    Pete Seeger and co-author Paul DuBois Jacobs were awarded the Schneider Family Book Award this week for their 2005 book, The Deaf Musicians. It is a story about a young musician who loses his hearing, and forms a band of

  • Larry Cordle songwriter chat

    Larry Cordle will the guest on Tuesday evening's songwriter chat at bluegrassguide.com, the web site for the Bluegrass Guide, a print periodical published by Mountain High Bluegrass Association. The format is intended to be one where songwriters have an opportunity

  • NPR Trischka piece online

    The Tony Trischka piece on NPR's Weekend Edition which Brance mentioned on Saturday can now be heard online. It ran earlier today on most NPR radio affiliates. Tony appeared along with Steve Martin and Bela Fleck to discuss his new Rounder

  • IIIrd Tyme Out concert DVD update

    Here's an update on the status of the concert DVD of IIIrd Tyme Out's Round III at the Mac. When the CD was released last August, we posted that the DVD was expected to be released not long afterwards. The August

  • Tony Trischka on NPR

    This Sunday NPR's Weekend Edition will feature Tony Trischka in an interview and performance segment. The segment will air at 9:40 AM ET on Sunday January 21, 2007. It will be repeated at 11:40 AM and 1:40 PM the same