• Bluegrass takes a stroll down Sesame Street

    I don't know how many of our readers still watch Sesame Street, but maybe you've got some kids, or grandkids, who do. I just discovered that the Sesame Street label released a DVD earlier this summer featuring several bluegrass and

  • Alison Krauss on GAC tonight

    Great American Country (GAC) will be rebroadcasting their special Alison Krauss program tonight (10/8) and tomorrow on their cable TV network. The show, Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles Or More, finds Ms. Krauss in the studio, recreating many of the

  • The Dan Tyminski Band

    Another piece of news we picked up here at IBMA is the imminent launch of Dan Tyminski's band. All of the Union Station guys have been looking at a blank schedule for 2008, with Alison Krauss planning to take the year

  • New CD releases

    We've got a stack of new recordings to check out during the drive to Nashville, and we'll pass along some comments during the week. In the stack are Raising Sand from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Bill Emerson & The Sweet

  • Alison on Nightline

    Look for Alison Krauss as a guest on the Friday, August 31 edition of Nightline, the long-running ABC nightly news program. She'll be on for a regular Nightline feature called Playlist, where prominent pop artists discuss their favorite songs -

  • Krauss-Plant samples at Rounder.com

    Rounder has posted audio samples online from their upcoming Robert Plant/Alison Krauss release, due October 23. Bluegrass purists may argue that information about this CD has no place on Bluegrass Today, as there is little - if any - bluegrass

  • Alison Krauss on cover of Verve

    Verve is the print publication face of Carilion Health System. Carilion currently operates eight medical hospitals in Southwest Virginia. Verve is published quarterly with articles on living better in Southwest Virginia. It's a free publication available alongside the real estate brochures

  • Alison Krauss talks about 100 Miles

    Earlier this spring, Alison Krauss sat down with WGBH radio's Brad Paul to talk about her then upcoming compilation CD, A Hundred Miles Or More. The discussion was largely focused on the songs included on this recording, but she also talked

  • Alison Krauss and Robert Plant CD in October

    Rounder Records has announced October 23 as the release date for the new project from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Raising Sand, a seemingly unlikely pairing of the whispery-voiced bluegrasser with the former Led Zeppelin vocalist, was produced by T-Bone

  • Krauss on GAC rescheduled for 8/11-20

    In June we told you about an upcoming special on GAC TV, featuring Alison Krauss performing songs from her latest Rounder CD,  Hundred Miles Or More. In mid-July, we posted again to alert everyone that the initially announced air date