Bluegrass Songwriting News

  • Musician Tips from BluegrassCountry.org

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    Our friends at BluegrassCountry.org have launched a new feature as part of their 40th Anniversary celebration of bluegrass programming on WAMU. It's called Musician Tips and will be a weekly audio segment with prominent bluegrass artists sharing advice on a

  • Tom T. sings Dixie and Tom T.

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    With all the support the bluegrass world has received from Tom T. and Dixie Hall this past few years, many have wondered when Tom T. might release a bluegrass project himself. Not only had the songwriting duo contributed dozens of

  • Ronnie Bowman and Kenny Chesney

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    Country music superstar Kenny Chesney is climbing the charts right now with a song written by bluegrass favorite Ronnie Bowman. Never Wanted Nothing More was written during a marathon writing session that took place between Ronnie Bowman and proven country writer

  • Rarely Herd on American Idol?

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    Jeff Weaver of The Rarely Herd will surely be among the millions of TV viewers glued to their sets tomorrow night when American Idol is broadcast on Fox. Arizona, a song he wrote and which The Herd recorded in 1992

  • Gibson Brothers return to Songwriter Chat

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    Eric and Leigh Gibson will return to The Bluegrass Guide's Songwriter Chat on Monday, May 14 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT). This online chat forum is hosted monthly by Rick Lang, and is designed to give songwriters an opportunity to interact with

  • Digital Music Summit in Nashville, April 24

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    Next Tuesday (4/24), Belmont University will host the 3rd annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, an intensive one day conference "dedicated to the business, creative and legal issues of digital music." Conference sessions will include discussions and presentations on such timely issues

  • Bob Amos songwriter chat tonight

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    Tonight (March 20) will find bluegrass singer/songwriter Bob Amos as the guest on The Bluegrass Guide's monthly Songwriter Chat. Bob is a founding member of Colorado's Front Range, and has a new CD with his Bob Amos Band, Reels Of

  • New CD from Paul Craft

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    Paul Craft has long been known as one of the premier songwriters in bluegrass music, and he has enjoyed tremendous success in pop and country music as well. His song, Midnight Flyer, was a hit for The Osborne Brothers in

  • Jerry Salley songwriter chat tonight

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    Noted tunesmith Jerry Salley will the guest in this evening's Songwriter Chat at The Bluegrass Guide. Jerry will be online to discuss his career and the craft at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, February 20. He has been writing in Nashville