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Earlier this year, Rebel Records reissued a pair of classic Ralph Stanley recordings as iTunes download exclusives. Now comes word of two others, recently available again from the iTunes Music store. Down Where The River Bends was first released in 1978,

Jer Boon just wrote in to tell us about a blog that has just launched for British bluegrassers. UKBluegrass.com aims to provide all the information bluegrass musicians and fans in the UK might need. They plan to post news about gig

Bob Webster at BluegrassCountry.org had a chance to talk with Chris Stuart and Janet Beazley before their performance at Luckett's Schoolhouse last month. That interview is being aired this week on WAMU and online at BluegrassCountry.org. Aspiring songwriters should take note

Pete Seeger's banjo recently ended up in the International Bluegrass Music Museum. Back in the mid 1960's Seeger had a television show that aired on WNJU-TV in New York. 38 episodes of Rainbow Quest were aired, during which Seeger interviewed

The folks at the International Bluegrass Music Museum and the River of Music Party, both located in Owensboro, KY, passed along notice that they recently received the 2006 Dorothy Mullen Arts and Humanities Award. This award is given to honor innovation

Yesterday's edition of The Knoxville News Sentinel published an interview with Ralph Stanley, written by Wayne Bledsoe. The initial thrust of the piece is Stanley's recent receipt of a National Medal of Arts Award. Continuing from there, the article also delves

Mountain Heart will be a featured performer on the 11/25 edition of The Grand Ole Opry on WSM radio out of Nashville. They will perform during the 9:30-10:00 p.m. and 12:30-1:00 a.m. segments (EST). Also on the show this week are

Legendary dobro flatpicker Tut Taylor will be Dennis Jones' guest on this week's edition of Goin' Across The Mountain on WNCW. The show airs at 1:00 p.m. (EST) on Saturday, November 25, and can be heard over the air in

Listen now: (IE users click to activate) Our guest this week on The GrassCast is bluegrass legend Paul Williams. Paul has a historic career in bluegrass. He's well known for his singing but many fans may not be aware

There is an interview posted yesterday on jambands.com with David Grisman. It was conducted by Randy Ray, and covers David's new efforts with his Bluegrass Experience, his new Quintet CD, Dawg's Groove, his collaborations with Jerry Garcia, and his thoughts