• Raymond McLain interview in Bristol Herald

    The Bristol Herald Courier, which covers Bristol Tennessee and Virginia, plus the nearby cities of Johnson City and Jonesborough, TN, had a piece last Monday about the changing of the guard at East Tennessee State University's Bluegrass, Old Time &

  • Josh Williams – Down Home

    Over the past few years, bluegrass and independent labels have been adopting a policy long employed by the mainstream record companies of not releasing new titles in the latter parts of each year. They correctly presume that media folks are

  • Every Time I Walk This Road

    We first mentioned Thomas Wywrot's superb new CD, Every Time I Walk This Road, back in November of last year. At that time, the CD had just been completed and Thomas shared a few thoughts about the songs - and

  • Tim Graves back with Bobby O

    Bobby Osborne has announced that resonator guitarist Tim Graves has rejoined The Rocky Top X-Press, returning a year after he had recently departed. He had worked off and on with Bobby since 2001 when he joined The Osborne Brothers. Graves is

  • Josh Shilling – blogging for D’Addario

    Josh Shilling, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart, is launching a new blog series for D'Addario. The blog will be a behind-the-scene look at life on the road with Mountain Heart. This is a fun-loving bunch of

  • Darol Anger joins Berklee faculty

    Darol Anger, who first came to the attention of the bluegrass and acoustic music worlds through his work on fiddle with the original David Grisman Quintet, has been named as an associate professor at the Berklee School of Music. Since his

  • IBMA showcase deadline on Friday

    Here's our annual reminder that this Friday (1/15) is the postmark deadline for any bands or artists who would like to submit an application to showcase at IBMA 2010. These showcase appearances will put you in front of a great

  • New Grascals CD in March

    We just heard from Kristin Scott Benson with some great Grascals news. Their next CD is set for a March 30 release on Rounder. "It's tentatively titled The Famous Lefty Flynn's, which is a song co-written by Jamie Johnson, featuring Terry