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The March issue of Silver Strings - a banjo "ezine" for new pickers getting started later in life - is now available online. The publication is meant to be roughly equal parts informational, instructional and motivational, with a new issue

The Richmond Times Dispatch website recently posted a story about Audie Blaylock. It's a nice article with some good background info about Audie, including some great comments from him about Jimmy Martin. If you'd like some info about Audie, go

Butch Baldassari has announced that he is experimenting with realtime mandolin lessons over the internet via webcasting. He's planning both private and group lessons and will be hosting the sessions from his teaching facility in Nashville, TN using MSN-Messenger. To

It seems that these notes about bluegrass artists creating pages on MySpace.com are becoming a regular occurrence. Find our previous posts with info on bluegrass artist MySpace pages here. Tim Stafford just contacted us to mention that he has a personal

Rebel Records announced on Friday (2/24) that their entire catalog is now available for digital download from Apple's iTunes Music Store. Every current, in-print release can be purchased via iTunes, as well as a few out of print titles. Rebel

Blue Ridge Gazette is a new blog recently launched to foster interest and raise awareness of the beauty, history, people and arts of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A recent entry features longtime Blue Ridge resident Sammy Shelor - of Lonesome

Episode #17 of The GrassCast features two interviews. The first is with singer Alecia Nugent. We talk about her new CD A Little Girl...A Big Four Lane. The second interview is with The Lovell Sisters. We talk with all three

Following up on a post from earlier this week... We have heard from a few other bluegrass bands who have created a home on MySpace.com. Blue Moon Rising and 3 Fox Drive can both be found on this hugely popular network.

Starting March 5, 2006, the popular syndicated bluegrass radio program Into The Blue will expand to three hours. The show is hosted by Terry Herd, and aired by 180 affiliates in 36 states, with affiliate stations placing the show in

The East Coast Music Association's annual conference, which begins today and runs through Monday (2/27) in Charlottetown, PEI, is Eastern Canada's annual celebration of the music and the artists of Atlantic Canada. In its 17th year, the ECMA Awards show