Bluegrass Now!, the live concert spectacular recorded at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum back in December, is set to debut this weekend on PBS television affiliates all across the country. It will feature performances from hosts Rhonda Vincent
We posted several times last year about the demise of Bluegrass Now, which had published continuously for 18 years. Stung by the widespread downturn in print periodicals, publishers Wayne and Deb Bledsoe closed the magazine down after the December 2008
It's been great to see the tremendous interest in Steve Martin's upcoming banjo CD within the overlapping banjo and bluegrass communities. Martin has been a banjo picker since before he made it big, first as a comedian and later as a
When we noted last week that Bluegrass Now would cease publication after this current (12/08) issue, it was noted in the comments section that no statement from the publishers had been issued. Longtime publishers Wayne and Deb Bledsoe have now released
We have learned that Bluegrass Now will cease publication with the December edition. The state of the economy has had a considerable effect on the music business and Bluegrass Now had already felt the impact earlier, when it was decided that
Carol Beaugard has two interesting guests lined up for this morning's (3/28) edition of Lonesome Rine RFD on WFDU-FM. Bluegrass Now publisher Wayne Bledsoe and jazz/bluegrass sax man Bill Evans are both scheduled for a visit. Brance posted last week with
We heard last week that bluegrass print magazine Bluegrass Now had made the decision to abandon the physical print format in favor of an online only distribution model. The magazine has been in print for 18 years, having begun in 1990.
