Music

With Alan Munde's recent retirement from his teaching position at South Plains College, one might expect him to slow down and relax. It seems slowing down is not in Alan's plan. I'm told Alan is interested in playing more dates, and

Nickel Creek launched the final push in their Farewell (For Now) tour yesterday, with two weeks' worth of dates with pop singer Fiona Apple. All involved seem excited about the collaboration, which will feature Nickel Creek both performing their set,

Roe Entertainment has just announced the signing of two new acts to their talent roster. New Found Road and Dan Paisley and The Southern Grass are now represented by Roe, in addition to Lonesome River Band, Karl Shifflet & Big Country,

John recently posted about this CD by the Steep Canyon Rangers. The street date for Lovin' Pretty Women is set for August 14, 2007. The CD is being premiered for the next couple weeks on XM Radio (for details see John's

The Lubbock Avalanche Journal ran a nice feature last week about Camp Bluegrass, the annual week-long bluegrass immersion workshop hosted by nearby South Plains College in Levelland, TX. The camp ran from July 22-27, and the piece in the Avalanche

The Infamous Stringdusters, fresh off their whirlwind 6 week US tour, will have a new face when they hit the stage on September 1 at the Four Corners Folk Festival in Pagosa Springs, CO. That's the first show date for

Pinecastle Records has just announced the re-release of both of Terry Eldredge's solo projects. Terry currently tours with The Grascals, but back in the early '90s he was a member of The Osborne Brothers and released two solo projects featuring members

Newsweek and MSNBC.com have posted an online feature on The Carolina Chocolate Drops, the black string band making waves at festivals all over the US this summer. Their sound is a mix of jug band and old time music, but

Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. marks the official radio premiere of the new Rebel Records CD from The Steep Canyon Rangers on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. Host Kyle Cantrell will play each of the tracks from Lovin' Pretty Women,

Mel Bay has a new book of banjo transcriptions, American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style, taken from the classic Folkways field recordings released under the same title. Originally released in 1956, the LP version of these recordings, taken by musician and