Music

Don't forget to sign up to win in our Mashville Brigade Take This Hammer contest. Ten winners will receive an autographed copy of the band's debut CD, Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1, and one extra-luck grand prize winner will also

Do you love bluegrass music and have a creative, artistic streak? If so, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe are hoping you'll enter their T-shirt and logo design contest. The contest ends on April 30, and winners will receive prizes including $200

Recently we reported news of the release of the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band CD - Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray. At the time the fledgling link-up didn't have a website. It does now! Go to the new website to see the

Mountain Heart came in #3 in the online fan voting in this week's CMT Pure 12-Pack Countdown for their Road That Never Ends video. That means that the video will be shown tonight (4/25) on television on CMTP, CMT's new digital

This weekend's Grand Ole Opry features a number of bluegrass acts. Tonight's (4/25) Friday Opry will include performances from Bobby Osborne, The Whites, Dailey & Vincent and Jesse McReynolds. Saturday's (4/26) show offers even more bluegrass, including a live television appearance

Friday's (4/25) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX promises a very special performance by The Road Scholars, a "one weekend only" band with some high octane vocal power. In addition to their live radio appearance, they will be performing

Folk musician Abigail Washburn has certainly raised awareness of the banjo around the world in recent years. She has collaborated with banjo great Bela Fleck, along with cellist Ben Sollee and fiddler Casey Driessen, to bring American banjo music to

Yesterday (3/22) saw the release of Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 from The Mashville Brigade. Most every Tuesday evening the guys perform at the Station Inn there in Nashville, TN. Last night was no different, except that the usual performance doubled

Here's a cautionary tale for bluegrass musicians who also like to try their hand at risky extreme sports. It comes from Jens Koch, the superb young banjo player with Swedish bluegrass group, G2. Three years ago - before G2 caught the

The new CD from The Infamous Stringdusters won't be released until June 10 on Sugar Hill, but 'Dusters fans who can't wait for something new can take advantage of a special offer running now on the band's web site. Anyone who