• Bristol honors radio history

    Richard Thompson has a put together a fine report on the renaming ceremonies in Bristol honoring WCYB. Gary Reid of Copper Creek Records and Penny Parsons of the Penny Parsons Company also contributed to this story. The Farm and Fun Time

  • Flecktones on Blue Plate Special 9/24

    Today at noon, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will give a live radio performance on Blue Plate Special, broadcast on WDVX 89.9 FM in Knoxville, TN. The show will also be simulcast online via a web audio stream, but is

  • High Lonesome Radio Hour debuts

    Jonathan James sent us a note about a new bluegrass radio show he has launched in the Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC market. His show is called The High Lonesome Radio Hour and airs each Saturday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. (ET) on WCOM-FM

  • Kassie DePaiva on WWB

    Back in May, Brance posted about a new CD release from Kassie DePaiva, better known as Blair from the daytime drama, One Life To Live. Her CD, I Want To Love You, mixes bluegrass and country in a primarily-acoustic set,

  • Claire Lynch, Crowd Favorites, on XM

    As we reported back in June, Claire Lynch's next CD is set for an October 9 release on Rounder. Crowd Favorites is a "compilation with benefits" project, mixing 10 previously released tracks from her several Rounder projects with four newly

  • BluegrassCountry.org and WAMU HD link up

    Starting today, September 17, the folks at WAMU FM in Washington, DC will broadcast their 24/7 online bluegrass audio channel as an HD FM radio signal as well. DC area listeners with HD Radio receivers can find the new channel

  • Jake Quesenberry on RBI

    This Saturday (9/15), Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), an online radio service of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, will feature portions of their interviews with Jake Quesenberry, an important figure in west coast bluegrass, and a co-founder of the California Bluegrass

  • Red Shipley ends 25 year radio run

    In the bluegrass world - as in any other - a 25th Anniversary is something to celebrate. In our slice of the music business, anyone who survives for a quarter century is rightly lauded for persevering in the face of

  • Dutch radio CD request

    We received a note from Marcel Hanson, who works with a local radio and TV station in Holland. They include a variety of country and American type music, including bluegrass and folk. Many US artists and labels are reluctant to ship

  • XM Top 40 for August

    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has released their Top 40 chart for August '07, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. The top 5 albums for August were: #1 Lovin' Pretty Women Steep Canyon Rangers #2 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #3 Good News Charlie Sizemore #4 Old