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We've previously mentioned the new CD from Three Ring Circle, a side project for Blue Highway dobro man Rob Ickes, Kentucky Thunder fiddler/mandolinist Andy Leftwich, and Nashville studio bass session stalwart Rob Pomeroy. Rob emailed yesterday to let us know

This past weekend in Pascoag, RI, a new regional bluegrass organization took flight. The recently formed Rhode Island Bluegrass Music Association (RIBGMA) hosted what they expect will become an annual bluegrass festival, staffed by volunteers and supported by a number

The last of five free audio tracks from Lonesome River Band is available for download on the band's web site. Sammy Shelor decided to put these full length tracks up on the site in February of this year as a

The April 2006 issue of Banjo NewsLetter has been mailed, and most subscribers should have it in the next few days if they haven't seen it already. Editor Donald Nitchie tells us that this issue contains Greg Cahill's interview with

We mentioned a few weeks ago that The Gibson Brothers' music video for I Got A Woman had been released, and was showing on CMT.com. It has now also been made available on YouTube - great news for Mac computer

In addition to the Pickin' On Kenny Rogers CD we mentioned yesterday, CMH released two compilation projects on April 4. Both feature reissued tracks that had appeared previously on CMH projects, and include some of the most prominent and heralded

Our friends at BluegrassBooksOnline.com asked us to mention that the most recent free lesson on the site is an arrangement of Jesse McReynolds' Dixie Hoedown. Printed music and MP3 files are available as free downloads for both mandolin and guitar,

Tom Ewing is a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in all of bluegrass music. Having spent ten years as Bill Monroe's guitarist and lead vocalist, he can lay claim to the title of Bluegrass Boy, an honor

We mentioned last week that Claire Lynch's CD, New Day, was due for release on Rounder on March 28. We also mentioned at that time that no audio samples were yet available online. They are now up on the Rounder web

Our friends at Mandolin Cafe have a hilarious post available this morning which takes advantage of the reputation of today's date, and a long-standing tradition of news parodies dated 4/1. Theirs is entitled, Bass Pro Enters Mandolin Market, and is