Bluegrass Songwriting News

We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has just now turned 16 and continues to impress audiences throughout the northeastern US and beyond with her poise and

Noted bluegrass songwriter Mark "Brink" Brinkman is profiled in today's edition of The Columbus Dispatch. The focus of the piece is a new song of Brink's, With Love from Normandy, which he had performed at a Memorial Day celebration this past

Or is that Tim and Steve? Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford, two of the most widely-recorded songwriters in bluegrass today, are collaborating on a new CD for Pinecastle Records. It will feature 14 songs that the pair have written together,

According to Craig Bickhardt, It's All (Almost) In A Name. The subject is songwriting. More specifically, it's the naming of songs. Craig discusses the value of a compelling song title, and the disappointment of a bland one. He argues that far

This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. The Gibson Brothers - Eric on banjo, Leigh on guitar - began their musical

This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. John Pennell started playing bluegrass in Arizona while he was in school at Arizona

Next Tuesday (March 24) is the release date for Signs, the latest Pinecastle release from Special Consensus. It's a very good album, showcasing one of the strongest editions of Special C in some time. Founder and banjo player Greg Cahill will

Bob Webster, the WAMU/bluegrasscountry presenter of the Sunday morning programme Stained Glass Bluegrass, and regular contributor Richard F Thompson have collaborated to bring this story about the origins of the song The White Dove, the Stanley Brothers' favourite. An abridged version of the story

The 2009 World Copyright Summit has been scheduled for June 9-10 at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, DC. The event will be hosted by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), a consortium of rights holders

In our modern age we are bombarded with many distractions. From cell phones, to email, to facebook, to blogs (did I just say that?!), our concentration is interrupted frequently throughout the day. Do all these interruptions and distractions make the