WAMU's Bluegrass Country, perhaps the largest Internet broadcaster of bluegrass music, has moved the transmitter for their broadcast signal into Maryland, giving them a decidedly wider footprint in and around the Washington, DC market. Their transmission antenna is now located in
Mountain Heart's That Just Happened radio show on WSM in Nashville airs the first Tuesday of each month from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Central). Jim Van Cleve and Josh Shilling are your jovial hosts for a program that shares a name with
We will have a number of new features to announce as part of the relaunch of the site in September, but one that we are especially excited about is a new weekly radio airplay chart. Each week, we will chart the
Could it really have been ten years since the O Brother phenomenon swept through the music world? Indeed. It was in 2001 that the Coen brothers released their film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, along with its celebrated soundtrack produced by
Balsam Range will be featured on Friday's (8/12) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, performing material from their current CD, Trains I Missed. The shows airs at noon (EDT) from Knoxville, TN at 102.9 FM, and via live streaming online
Here's some video shot backstage before Mountain Heart's recent performance on NPR's Mountain Stage, along with some extended clips from their live set on the broadcast. The show, which featured songs from the band's That Just Happened CD, was aired over
There's bluegrass a'plenty on this weekend's edition on Mountain Stage, airing on dozens of NPR affiliates across the US. Nashville bad boys Mountain Heart will be featured, as well as Michigan's Greensky Bluegrass and the singing bluegrass attorney, Charlie Sizemore -
Bob Mitchell, host of Best Of Bluegrass, will welcome Driftwood to his show this week, broadcasting via Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), a project of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. They will be performing music from their 2010
Like so many folks working in the bluegrass music business, Ernie Evans wears a number of hats. Partnered with his wife, Debi, he is active as a performer, event producer and radio broadcaster. The two of them have played together for
This week's edition of Best Of Bluegrass on Radio Bluegrass International will feature an in-studio performance by The Reel World String Band, an all-female old time string band from Lexington, KY. The ladies visited with host Bob Mitchell at the RBI
