Del McCoury

Once again, this weekend's Grand Ole Opry broadcasts have much to offer bluegrass and acoustic music fans. Tonight's Friday Opry (1/11) will feature performances from Old Crow Medicine Show, The Del McCoury Band and Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys. On Saturday,

Sirius Bluegrass (Channel 65) is giving New Year's Eve over to Del McCoury, with 36 hours of back-to-back McCoury. Starting Monday (12/31) at noon and running throughout New Year's Day, Sirius Bluegrass will air encore presentations of their Hand Picked with

Del McCoury's web folks have posted a clever and humorous video to promote the now annual New Year's Eve Party at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Joining Del and the boys will be Ronnie Bowman, Drew Emmitt, Jon Fishman, Vince Herman

John posted the other day that Del McCoury and band would be making an appearance on NPR's Talk of the Nation. In that post he mentioned that the show's audio would be made available online. The story is now online and

Thursday afternoon's edition of Talk of the Nation will include time with The Del McCoury Band. The show (talk/news format) airs each weekday on many National Public Radio affiliate stations at 3:00 p.m. (eastern). The McCourys will appear during the

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs were honored last night as they were inducted into Nashville Songwriters Association International's Hall Of Fame at their 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony. Marty Stuart inducted Flatt & Scruggs, recalling how he

The Del McCoury Band is set to record two live shows next week, with an eye towards a possible live CD release. The shows are next Wednesday and Thursday (10/17-18) at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA. The folks

Jon Glik's fiddle playing can be heard on some of my favorite records. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a huge Del McCoury fan. Don't Stop The Music may be my all time favorite McCoury album, and Glik's fiddle plays

The first music video from Little Mo' McCoury, Ronnie McCoury's new CD of bluegrass music for children, is now available online. It's for the song, Man Gave Names To All The Animals, and it's a real hoot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiUX2h7cDI

Fatherhood has a profound impact, and each man who experiences it feels the change in his own way. For Ronnie McCoury, it has called him to record bluegrass music designed to appeal to young listeners, and hopefully bring families together