Bluegrass Songwriting News

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. Connie Leigh is what might be called the songwriter's songwriter. So many fellow writers

We heard earlier this week from Josh Williams, who is fresh off the Pick One all-star tour, and headed back into the studio to finish mixing his next CD. This will be his third Pinecastle release, which is expected in

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. What do Money in the Bank, Union Man, Snapshots and Souvenirs and Always Never

This post is the first in what will be an occasional feature - Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us.  Patrick McDougal was born and raised in Charleston, South

We received a note yesterday from Daniel Grindstaff, banjo player with Marty Raybon. He had a very special opportunity come his way just after Christmas and wanted to share the story with everyone here on Bluegrass Today. Bobby Osborne was scheduled

Crossroads Music has announced January 20, 2009 as the release date for Last Train To Kitty Hawk, the sophomore effort from North Carolina's Balsam Range. The CD will feature 12 tracks, mostly new songs, many of them written within the

The music video for Bradley Walker's A Little Change has been running on CMT and GAC for the past two weeks, and came in at #1 in the CMT Pure 12 Pack Countdown for the week of November 21. We had

Rick Jamison, a bluegrass songwriter based in northern California, has recently launched a blog about his craft, titled appropriately enough, On Songwriting. The new site went live on July 14, and Rick has already posted 5 songwriter profiles among 11 posts.

CMT will soon begin their 3rd annual Music City Madness, where artists compete in head-to-head video competition online. Video entries can be submitted until October 6, 2008 and in-person auditions will be held in several locations over the next few

Colorado's Spring Creek has another trophy for their mantle. On top of winning the band competitions at both the RockyGrass and Telluride festivals in 2007, they have now been named as the winners of the Vox Populi award from online