Media

We just got a note from Banjo NewsLetter publisher Donald Nitchie, to let us know that the May issue is in the mail to subscribers and newsstands. Donald also passed along a thumbnail description of the May issue: The May 06 issue

The Herald Dispatch in Huntington, WV has a detailed story in this morning's edition about Ernie Thacker's recent auto accident, which we had briefly outlined in a series of earlier posts. The Herald Dispatch article has information about a number

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver is the current guest on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special, which runs each week on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14). The series, which features a mix of live, in-studio performance and interviews with popular bluegrass

Here's a few more bluegrass band that have joined Myspace.com Tim Graves now has a myspace account located here. The Morgantown Rounders inform us they too have a myspace page here. The band Flying Blind Bluegrass now has a myspace page that you

The Clarion-Ledger is carrying a story about Ricky Skaggs that I thought some of you might find interesting. The story concerns Skaggs' performance tonight with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. The benefit concert is being held Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson,

Here's a couple more bluegrass pages on Myspace.com Lou Reid has put up a page for his band Carolina. It can be found here. He also tells us the The Seldom Scene now have a myspace page available here.

We found a nice article in The Blue Ridge Gazette on the contributions of Patrick County, VA residents to traditional Appalachian and bluegrass music. The article is specifically about the opening of a historical marker and information kiosk in Meadows

When King Wilkie recently performed at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA, the show was professionally recorded, mixed and mastered for online distribution by the folks at Monkeyclaus, a new recording studio, independent label and music distributor in central VA.

We've posted before (here and here) about the multi-artist collaborative release from 2005, Moody Bluegrass - A Nashville Tribute To The Moody Blues, which was nominated for an IBMA Award as Recorded Event of the Year. The CD features such

It was just some casual web surfing that pointed me to the information about the BITS Program on the Arkansas Bluegrass web site. A follow-up query led to a lengthy discussion with Redmond Keisler about this program, which seeks to