Music

Award winning fiddler Michael Cleveland has announced that in addition to his regular gig as a member of Dale Ann Bradley's band, he will also be doing shows this year with his own group, FlameKeeper. Joining him will be Audie

Country singer Josh Turner releases his sophomore CD Your Man today, January 24th, 2006. The CD may be of interest to readers of Bluegrass Today due to the inclusion of a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the gospel number

Acoustic Disc, the mando-centric record company owned by David Grisman, has started experimenting with online music downloads. At this time, only four titles from their catalog can be purchased via download, but more are expected to be added should the

The next Pinecastle release for Nothin' Fancy is coming along nicely, according to mandolinist and vocalist, Mike Andes. Mike reports that they tracked the last song for this as yet unnamed project just after New Years at Flat 5 Press

Pine Mountain Railroad will be visiting the studios of WTUF in Thomasville, GA today (1/21), with an live guest spot featured at 3:00 p.m. (EST). They will spend some time chatting with show host "Lazy Len" Robinson, and also pick

We posted back in November that Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek had enabled pre-release digital download purchases of his new CD, Blinders On, from his web site. At the time, we reported that there was no indication of record

The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) in Owensboro, KY will host a unique 3 day mandolin workshop this fall, the first of what they hope will become an annual event. The Monroe Style Mandolin Camp will be held September 8-10

We posted last week about the premier of the music video for Me and John and Paul by The Grascals being available on CMT.com. Though not yet in rotation on CMT's cable network, the video is set to debut on GAC-TV

Smithsonian Folkways recently released an album featuring Classic Railroad Songs. The album contains only eight songs that have been previously released. The other 21 songs, from a number of classic artists including Doc Watson, appear here for the first time. Bookended

We received a note from Gerry Katz, with Boston Bluegrass Union, who promotes the annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in the Boston area. Gerry is looking for sponsors/underwriters to help them cover the costs of the children's' and young pickers'