• AKUS on GAC

    The GAC television network (Great American Country) has acquired the rights to re-air episodes from the PBS series Soundstage on their cable channel. These feature live, in-studio performances by top contemporary artists, and GAC will be showing the episodes with

  • More from Barry Bales…

    Barry Bales also shared some details about the upcoming Alison Krauss & Union Station album when he was with us in the studio this week. They are heading into the studio later this month with an eye towards completing rhythm tracks

  • New CD from Adam Steffey

    Adam Steffey is surely one of the most recorded mandolinists in bluegrass this past 15 years or so. He has spent time with two powerfully influential acts - Alison Krauss & Union Station and Mountain Heart - where he has been

  • Young Turks Hatin’ on Bluegrass

    Ignorance on parade... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Lge8J-s7wIs there anything more obnoxious than people who believe something is worthless if they haven't heard of it? Of course, I've never heard of these guys, or their YouTube show, but it seems to be a popular online video

  • Skaggs takes bluegrass Grammy

    Yesterday's (2 /9) Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album went to Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947. Congratulations to Ricky and the boys! Alison Krauss and Robert Plant won 5 Grammies for

  • Plant-Krauss II in the works

    Nashville radio station WKDF is reporting that former Led Zeppelin vocalist and current Alison Krauss duet partner Robert Plant has rented a home in Nashville and is working on a follow-up with Krauss to their hugely successful Raising Sand CD. The

  • Josh Williams – looking for songs

    We heard earlier this week from Josh Williams, who is fresh off the Pick One all-star tour, and headed back into the studio to finish mixing his next CD. This will be his third Pinecastle release, which is expected in

  • Ron Block on WFDU

    Ron Block will be the featured guest on Friday's (12/12) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM. He will join host Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon to talk about his new AcuTab banjo instructional DVD, A Fresh Look At

  • Ron Block banjo DVD

    Banjo players have been clamoring for instructional materials from Ron Block for years, but his busy schedule with Alison Krauss & Union Station has prevented him from dedicating the time to it. Until now... His first banjo instructional DVD will be