Opinion and commentary

To our friends all over the world who celebrate the joyous Feast of Christmas, we offer our hope that you will experience the peace this day portends. May you find yourself surrounded by those dearest to you, and know the love

On the heels of the heated discussion on this site about trading live shows, comes this story about sites that share tablature. Major music publishers are continuing to pursue unauthorized music sites, including those offering tablature (mostly rock guitar tabs). The

The following is a contribution from luthier and resophonic guitarist Brad Harper. This post has been adapted from a post that appeared on Brad's own blog in response to Megan Lynch's post Trading live shows - good for our music?,

Update 8/04, 8:45 a.m.: Owing to a number of reader requests, we have enabled commenting for Megan's post. Comments are moderated, so they will not appear immediately, and we require a simple, free registration in order to post them. This post

From time to time we have discussed various ventures that involved online video instruction for bluegrass music. The idea has a great deal of appeal to bluegrass instructors, and some are actively involved in providing such instruction. Three that come

For a while the complaint we kept hearing was that illegal downloads were killing the labels. Then along came Apple's iTunes Music Store to save the day. With millions of downloads, all paid for, the complaining ceased. But it recently

There has been some discussion on this blog about digital downloads, both legal and otherwise. So I thought I'd link to this story on cnet.com. Apparently a number of third party companies are developing peer-2-peer plugins for the popular

The following is a contribution from Kip Martin, a semi-regular guest contributor to Bluegrass Today. The views expressed are his, and are not necessarily those of the authors of Bluegrass Today. Commenting is enabled for all ViewPoint posts, so please

The following is an unsolicited contribution from Ted Lehmann, a regular reader of Bluegrass Today. The views expressed are his, and are not necessarily those of the authors of Bluegrass Today. Commenting is enabled for all ViewPoint posts, so please

Jambase has an article up titled Bluegrass: A Theoretical Study. Here's the first few sentences. Bluegrass is engaged in a stylistic civil war. On one side, steadfast traditionalists continue to make music the time-tested way: acoustic instruments with minimal amplification,