Alison Krauss

Have Bass Will Travel... That's the name of a clever YouTube video created by AKUS bass man Barry Bales, and of the video contest we are running on Bluegrass Today in conjunction with the recent release of his AcuTab bass

AcuTab is set to release the first instructional DVD for one of the most celebrated pickers in bluegrass music. Barry Bales - A Solid Approach To Acoustic Bass is set for an April 27 release. Bales is well-known for his work

We've posted a few times already about country crooner Dierks Bentley, and his upcoming CD, Up On The Ridge. It is due on June 8 from Capitol Records, with an assist from Sugar Hill, and is being promoted as his

Alison Krauss is offering a special package of her many recordings this week from her web site. They are calling it The Complete Alison Package, and it includes 13 CDs and 2 DVDs for $150. This package will only be available

Monday night fans and musicians filled the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville to help Rounder Records celebrate forty years in the record business. I really feel like we did help them, because the show was not only a concert,

It seems like only yesterday that we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music, marked by the first Grand Ole Opry performance in 1946 by the "Original Blue Grass Band:" Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby

Here's another great weekend TV viewing option. The broadcast of Alison Krauss & Union Station at The White House (with Brad Paisley and Charley Pride) airs on GAC this weekend. If you didn't get to watch it live online, you can

We've mentioned twice this week the visit to the White House by Alison Krauss & Union Station, which included both an afternoon workshop with music students from all over the country and an evening concert in the East Room with

This morning's edition of the Washington Post has a review and pictures taken at yesterday evening's hour-long concert at the White House featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station, Charley Pride and Brad Paisley. The president began the evening by reflecting on

Alison Krauss & Union Station will be in Washington, DC today (7/21) to help the Obamas celebrate American country music, and demonstrate the music to middle and high school students. There will be a workshop from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at The White