Here's something you don't see every day... a bluegrass band celebrating a 15th anniversary - with the same personnel with which they launched. Blue Highway played their first show on New Year's Eve in 1994 with Tim Stafford on guitar, Shawn
Blue Highway
Ross Nickerson kicks it
Ross Nickerson is well known as a banjo instructor. His Banjo Encyclopedia book and multiple DVDs have been used by thousands of students of our beloved 5 string, and his camps and workshops are well attended all over the US
IBMA Red Carpet #3
This is the third in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award Show. This one features Katy Daley interviewing Jason Burleson of Blue Highway. http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/jason_burleson.flv
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
One of the television attractions for April is the PBS documentary series Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People. The four-part series begins on April 9 and continues on each subsequent Thursday until the end of the month. Already released (on
Blue Highway – 15 years ago
We posted earlier this year that Blue Highway was celebrating 2009 as their 15th anniversary as a band. They played their very first show on December 31, 1994, and are asking fans and friends to help them collect an anniversary
Blue Highway on Mountain Stage
Audio from Blue Highway's recent radio performance on Mountain Stage can now be accessed at NPR.com. They included selections from several of their critically-acclaimed recordings, offering a fine taste of their live show for the Mountain Stage audience. Through the Window of
Blue Highway celebrates 15 years
Blue Highway is marking 2009 as their 15th performing together as a band, and asking their fans and friends to join in the celebration. They played their first show as a band on December 31, 1994 and, amazingly enough, are still
Blue Highway gets virtual cover
Blue Highway is celebrating their first Cashbox cover, which graced the September 8, 2008 issue. Old timers in the music biz remember Cash Box as a prominent industry publication and one-time competitor of Billboard who put out a print edition from
Bluegrass on Mountain Stage
Yesterday (Friday 6/13) I received a note from John Lilly, the editor of Goldenseal (the magazine of West Virginia traditional life) and multi-talented acoustic music performer, telling me about what's on West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage show this coming
Blue Highway featured in Guitar Player
Blue Highway has found itself once again in the pages of Guitar Player magazine, surely among the most widely-circulated periodicals for musicians in the world. Resonator guitarist Rob Ickes was profiled in those pages in February of 2007, and both he