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The Grand Ole Opry is chock full of bluegrass this Saturday night, with Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Cherryholmes, Jesse McReynolds, and The Whites all slated to perform during the radio broadcast. This Opry show is a part of their special

We received this note from Dennis Jones, co-host of the popular Goin' Across The Mountain program on WNCW-FM in Spindale, North Carolina. WNCW would like to pass along our best wishes and thoughts for Goin' Across The Mountain co-host Cort Riggs.

Starting tomorrow, May 26, VH1 Country will become CMT Pure Country. If your cable or satellite TV provider offers VH1 Country, the feed will switch to the new CMT network at 6:00 a.m. on May 26. Pure Country is intended

The June issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine is on its way to subscribers and retailers, with Del McCoury (and the band) on the cover. The Del piece is a substantial one, written by Chris Stuart. Also included this month are features

We have posted several times (here and here) about the upcoming Van Halen bluegrass tribute CD from CMH Records, Strummin' With The Devil. It started as just another of CMH's popular grassified tributes, but has grown into something of a

Del McCoury is scheduled to appear on WNYC's Soundcheck program today (5/24) at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), broadcast from New York City - where Del performs tonight at Carnegie Hall. The show is hosted by John Schaefer, a well-respected figure in

The good people over at BluegrassBooksOnline.com have updated the free lessons available on their site. And this time Rick Williams has added a little something extra for guitar and mandolin players alike. He has included a short video along with

Yesterday (May 23) was the official release date of Rhonda Vincent's new CD release on Rounder, All American Bluegrass Girl. She did an interview with Nashville's City Paper, which ran in yesterday's edition where she discusses the new CD, and

We just received the news that Sara Evans has asked Jim Van Cleve and Clay Jones to perform with her at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards, which is being televised from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas tonight.

Thanks to reader Larry Jackson, who tipped us to this lovely Larry Rice tribute which appears in this morning's Citrus County Chronicle. The article by Nancy Kennedy contains quotes from Larry's widow, Linda, brothers Ronnie and Wyatt, and mom Louise