• Chris Jones’ Bluegrass Today Quiz

    I took a look at the calendar this morning (I do this at least once a month), and it occurred to me that I’ve been writing these weekly columns for Bluegrass Today for almost a year now, One of the first

  • Crowe and Carter careers remembered on Truegrass

    Chris Jones, noted singer, songwriter, bandleader, radio personality and bluegrass humorist, has something special planned this week for his Sirius XM program, Truegrass. In advance of their mutual birthdays on August 27, Chris is highlighting the music of both Carter Stanley and

  • Sage advice for award recipients

    Well, it’s all over but the tux-rental (or overalls-rental, depending on your awards show dressing style). The 2012 IBMA Awards nominees have been announced, and the countdown to the awards show has begun (note: if you’re actually counting down to

  • Bluegrass jamming rules to live by (or not)

    The Night Drivers and I just concluded the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association’s annual pre-festival Bluegrass Jam Camp, which we loved doing. It’s a really good, and well-run program in a beautiful setting. We’ve taught at numerous music camps

  • Rumors of my death…

    The past year has been a year of bluegrass mourning, as we’ve said goodbye to some of the music’s great pioneers and innovators. The deaths of celebrated figures have become more of a public concern in the internet era, and

  • Detour to Roe Entertainment

    Detour, Michigan's hottest bluegrass band, has been announced as the newest artist to be represented by Roe Entertainment. The group has made a big splash with their latest CD, A Better Place, whose opening track, Quarterline Road, has spent several weeks at or near

  • Bureau of Uninteresting Stories

    While in England recently, I was looking through the local newspaper and came across the headline “County gets new non-emergency number.” I was immediately comforted to know that the boring headline, followed by the even more boring story, isn’t just

  • Show contracts for Dummies

    Bluegrass musicians, and musical artists in general, often fall into a category of people who have a hard time with the bureaucratic and organizational side of the music business. Heck, some artists have a hard enough time just getting themselves dressed in