Media

While we were IBMA last week, Brance and I focused our attention on the activities at the Nashville Convention Center. Of course, many things ocurred elsewhere - in Nashville and beyond - and we'll catch up on them over

Chris Thile will be a guest next week on The Loft, on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 50. The show involves a wide range of musical styles, but always features interviews and live performances recorded at The Living Room in New York.

Our friends at Mandolin Cafe have made the audio from the 2006 LoarFest West panel discussions available on their site. Participants were Roger Siminoff, Darryl Wolfe, Charlie Derrington, Dan Beimborn and Bruce Harvie, moderated by Mandolin Cafe's Scott Tichenor. We recorded

Be sure to check in on the Grand Ole Opry broadcast this weekend, as they have taken on a bluegrass theme in recognition of IBMA week here in Nashville. The Friday and Saturday night radio shows will feature bluegrass artists,

We just heard from our friend, Lee Kauffman, operator of the BanjoTrain web site, and banjo picker with Lonesome County, here to do some showcase shows during IBMA week. He wanted to let us know that he has a new lesson

CMT's Cross Country program has as its premise the pairing of two celebrated country artists, each performing the other's songs with the original artist providing support. The next episode will involve two singers with bluegrass roots, Alison Krauss and Vince

Jen Hitt, production director for bluegrasscountry.org, stopped by to visit with us yesterday at Bluegrass Today booth at IBMA.The cyberstation, which provides a 24/7 bluegrass radio stream online, grew from Washington, DC's venerable WAMU radio station, where bluegrass music was

Béla Fleck appeared this past Monday on the This I Believe segment of NPR's Morning Edition program. The concept behind these recurring segments is to air radio essays from non-radio people, who write and read their contributions for the show. Béla

While many of us in the world of bluegrass get started on our big week in Nashville, let's not forget that our friends in The Americana Music Association just concluded their annual convention, also hosted here in Music City. Like IBMA,

Barry Abernathy will be the featured guest today on The Story with Dick Gordon, aired on WUNC (North Carolina Public Radio). Barry is the banjo player with Mountain Heart, and performed previously with both Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and IIIrd