Music

My space, your space, it seems everyone has a space these days. Myspace.com has become a part of life online for musicians and fans alike over the last year or so. It allows for easy updating, photo and song uploads,

Marijohn Wilkins, a long-time Nashville songwriter, passed away this past Saturday after a prolonged battle with heart disease. Among her many hit songs was one that has made its way into the bluegrass canon, Long Black Veil, originally recorded by Lefty

Next year's IBMA Business Conference may be 11 months out, but showcase applications are already being sought for the 2007 event. Bands that are selected will be prominently featured during the Business Conference, scheduled for the week of October 1-7,

We just heard from our friend Chris Stuart, that he will be teaching the songwriting class at next April's Sore Fingers Summer School in England. The camp runs April 9-13, 2007 and is held at the Kingham Hill School, located

We posted last month about a shakeup in the ownership and personnel of Pine Mountain Railroad. At the time, we indicated that mandolinist Cody Shuler had assumed management of the band, and that banjo picker Kipper Stitt and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Butler

Secrets for Successful Flatpicking is the title of a new instructional DVD on Homespun Video with current, and five time IBMA Guitar Player of The Year, Bryan Sutton. The DVD covers both lead and rhythm guitar playing and is described 

Pinecastle Records has two new CD releases that should be of interest to readers of Bluegrass Today. Jack Cooke has spent the past 37 years working as the bass player with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys. Before that, he

Brad Laird at MandoUniversity.com has just published two new books for mandolinists. The first book is titled The Mandolin Handbook - An Owner's Manual. The book's purpose is to help the mandolin owner better understand how their instrument was built, how

Nickel Creek fans who are still processing the news that the band will not be performing together much longer can take heart with one bit of news. Sugar Hill is set to release a special retrospective on the band next month,

Mark Newton will be on XM's Bluegrass Junction tomorrow (10/25) with a World Premier of his new Rebel release, Hillbilly Hemingway. The CD won't be officially released until November 7, but Mark and producer Carl Jackson will join XM's Kyle Cantrell