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Well, we made it. The Bluegrass Today team is in Nashville, all set up and ready for our first full day at the 2011 World of Bluegrass convention. We invite everyone in attendance to swing by our booth and say howdy

Del McCoury really wants you to check out his new album, Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe, which as the title suggests, is a tribute to Big Mon. The entire project is available for audio streaming from his web site.

Saturday, September 24 was a grand evening at the Nashville Symphony. Béla Fleck's Concerto for Banjo was the obvious centerpiece of the night, but the piece was bookended by two symphonic pieces, the first being Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (with a transcendently serene outro). Next

Throughout this week, when the eyes, ears and assorted other vital organs of the bluegrass community are focused on World of Bluegrass in Nashville, we will be highlighting many of the new features of Bluegrass Today. This morning, we'll have

Since this is the first edition of this column, I thought I’d take up just a few lines telling you what to expect in future submissions. First, the disclaimer: the opinions expressed here will not necessarily be those of the

What do you get when you mix swing fiddle, 3 finger banjo, sock guitar rhythm and bluegrass bass together with a sincere passion and facility with both bluegrass and western swing music? In at least one case, you find yourself

Another day, another Bearfoot video. Day six of the 8 Days of Bearfoot comes complete with a live performance of Mr. Moonshine, the final track on the band's upcoming American Story CD, due September 27 from Compass Records. Once again, guitarist Todd

Pete Wernick, the estimable Dr. Banjo, has sent along a three-part report compiled during his attendance at last week's Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration in Owensboro, KY. They were adapted from comments he posted to the internal IBMA email discussion list. This

Change is inevitable. Innovations are unavoidable. Perhaps no greater example of this can be found than within musical art forms. Music is a living, breathing thing, involving many different people with many different ideas. It is foolish to think that

Anyone who is new to bluegrass – listener, artist, writer, producer – and many who have been doing it for years, should be required to listen to Sounds of Home, the new release from Blue Highway on Rounder. Everything about this