Music

The Van Heffer CD we told you about here and here was originally slated to be released today as an iTunes exclusive, but Wichita tells me that Apple has decided to wait and release the CD next Tuesday, on Valentine's

Bluegrass Books Online has updated their site with new free lessons for guitar or mandolin. The lessons are done in the same manner as their Jam Tunes books, and the tab and MP3s for the new songs can be downloaded

Michelle Nixon was named Female Vocalist of the Year in the Traditional category. She and the band (Michelle Nixon & Drive) garnered a total of six nominations this year.

We just heard from the folks at Skaggs Family Records that Cherryholmes was awarded the Entertaining Group of the Year trophy, and Cia Leigh Cherryholmes was given Banjo Performer of the Year - the same two awards they took at

Three Ring Circle is the name of a new CD - and a new trio - featuring dobro wizard Rob Ickes of Blue Highway, mandolin/fiddle wunderkind Andy Leftwich of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Nashville studio stalwart Dave Pomeroy

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be featured on the February 11 edition of the popular radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. This show will be carried live on the many NPR affiliate stations all over the US, broadcast from the

The University Of Tennessee at Knoxville's McClung Museum is currently hosting a Special Exhibit on the history of the banjo. Entitled The Banjo: From Africa to America and Beyond, the exhibit is a mix of art, photos, instruments and live

A friend of mine has just recently finished production on a documentary film titled Men of the Rail. It's about the North Carolina Branch railroad that runs through our town (Pulaski, VA) and beyond. He filmed some great footage on

A number of IBMA sponsored teacher workshops are scheduled for the middle of February, designed to familiarize classroom teachers, school administrators, home school parents and education students with bluegrass music - and how they might incorporate it in their own

Keeper Of The Flame is the title of the new CD from Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen - the first release by The Gentlemen since the passing of legendary founder and vocalist, Charlie Waller, whose son Randy is now