by Kip Martin Darren Beachley announced today that he has accepted a position as singer and bassist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, filling the opening in Doyle's lineup resulting from Barry Scott's decision to leave the band. Darren, a native of Jefferson
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New video available on Butch Robins’ web site
We have posted previously about the blogging efforts of noted banjo player and author, Butch Robins. His descriptions of his travels in Australia were the focus of most of the blog entries of late, but Butch also recorded impressions of
Bell Buckle Music Cruise – Jan 30 – Feb 3
Bell Buckle Records is hosting their 3rd annual Bell Buckle Music Cruise. The cruise will sail to Coco Cay and Nassau, Bahamas on Royal Caribbean's Sovereign of the Seas. The dates for the cruise are set for January 30 -
Del McCoury Band at Berklee
We just received another report from David Hollender, a good friend of Bluegrass Today, and a professor at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music in Boston, MA. He wrote to let us know about a recent performance at the school
Booie Beach recovering from surgery
We are delighted to note that Booie Beach, guitarist with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, is home and recovering nicely from thyroid surgery. The LST web site reports that Booie was hospitalized earlier this month, and that fans and
Bluegrass CDs containing Sony’s XCP software
Sony/BMG recently came under fire for releasing CDs with XCP Digital Rights Management software. This software is a rootkit software and opened the door to virus writers. This form of content protection was so hotly debated (not to mention the
Sean Watkins CD released online
Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins has announced the release of his third solo project, Blinders On, and has enabled digital downloads of either individual tracks or the entire project from the Nickel Creek web site. Individual tracks are offered for $.99
Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend Scholarship Recipients on stage
This past weekend, the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend welcomed its first set of recipients of their annual Gibson/Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend Scholarship program. The three recipients were selected based on demonstrated ability from a pool of very capable applicants aged 13-24, which
NewFound Road signs with Rounder Records
NewFound Road has signed with Rounder Records. They are currently in the studio, with Rob Ickes producing their first project for the label. NFR has a journal on their site and the most recent entry contains this: We"re honored to be a
New April Verch CD in February ’06
Take Me Back is the title of the next Rounder Records CD project from Canadian fiddler and vocalist April Verch, due for a February 14, 2006 release. As with previous Verch CDs, this one is said to combine her love