• IBMA Workshop: Maximizing Practice Time

    This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. The IBMA workshop on "Maximizing Practice Time" was held today, presented by Ned Luberecki with Megan Lynch and Ryan Cavanaugh as panelists. As

  • Russ Carson to Audie Blaylock

    Talented young banjo picker Russ Carson has been announced as the newest member of Audie Blaylock and Redline. Russ had been performing of late as a member of Gold Heart, and will be doing double-duty with both bands during IBMA this

  • Classic New South on WSKV

    Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings

  • Blue Highway fans win IBMA prize pack

    Jill Geary from San Diego, CA is the winner of the Grand Prize in the 2010 World Of Bluegrass Sweepstakes. This annual contest offers a number of winners to travel to the IBMA convention in Nashville and attend free of

  • Statement from Marty Raybon

    Marty Raybon had to cancel his scheduled appearance yesterday at the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival in Virginia. He is hospitalized in Nashville, but hopes to be released soon. He has released a statement about his condition. “Hello to all my Bluegrass fans

  • Return of The Hotmud Family

    I well remember The Hotmud Family, a fixture on the string music festival circuit in the 1970s.There was no one named Hotmud, and none of the members were related but, hey... it was the 70s. They had an entertaining stage show

  • Graves Mountain Memories

    Rural Rhythm Records is set to release a single from their upcoming 55th Anniversary CD, All-Star Jam - Live At Graves Mountain, a collection of 12 tracks recorded at the 2010 Graves Mountain Festival Of Music this past summer. The album

  • Leek/Scott partnership fizzles

    Here's some unfortunate news on what was hailed only weeks ago as a promising new partnership. The agreement we announced on September 7 between Barry Scott and Jason Leek for the management of Barry Scott and Second Wind has fallen apart.

  • Pinecastle Records new owner, Lonnie Lassiter

    Pinecastle Records has posted an interview with the company's new owner, Lonnie Lassiter, a physician and entrepreneur in Columbus, NC. Lassiter took ownership of the company in August, six months after the family of Pinecastle founder Tom Riggs closed the doors,

  • Steve Thomas to Summertown Road

    Summertown Road has added a new lane, bringing on celebrated fiddler Steve Thomas, and marking the band's debut as a quintet. Thomas has performed with a notable array of top bluegrass talent, having worked with Del McCoury, Lost and Found, The