Industry News

The Tennessean, Nashville's hometown paper, ran a story yesterday (1/18) that Gibson Guitar Corp. will merge with TC Group, a Danish pro audio firm. The merger was announced at the NAMM Winter Show in California, and according to The Tennessean, the

Randy Graham, who recently gave up his position playing mandolin and singing tenor with David Parmley & Continental Divide, has launched an entertainment agency, the Graham Talent Group. He will be handling a roster that includes David Parmley & Continental Divide,

Newstarget.com published a satire piece last month that is worth the read. The piece builds on a recent lawsuit in which the RIAA maintained that copying a legally purchased CD to your computer's internal hard drive amounts to making

With 2007 now under wraps, CD sales figures are starting to come in, and things don't look good for the labels. Variety.com is reporting that CD sales during the Christmas shopping season were down 21% from 2006. From the week of Thanksgiving

In a lawsuit being heard in Arizona, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is arguing that copying legally purchased CDs onto a computer for personal use amounts to unauthorized use. Sunday's Washington Post has the story about Jeffrey Howell who

The instrument company Recording King has recently opened a custom shop and is accepting orders for handcrafted banjos and acoustic guitars, in both the U.S. and Japan. You start with a standard Recording King model and order changes in components, finishes,

The nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards were announced today, and a number of bluegrass/acoustic artists see their names in the list. The nominees for the Best Bluegrass Album are: Cherryholmes II Black And White - Cherryholmes Lefty's Old Guitar - J.D. Crowe

The Associated Press is reporting that James Monroe, son of the Father of Bluegrass Music, is selling the concert hall he has been running near the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, about 40 miles north of Nashville. The son of the late bluegrass

We covered this issue in some detail in the past, with a good deal of discussion taking place in the comments (here and here). The issue seems to have slipped off the radar lately, but the debate continues in the

It can be argued that a music video is a good promotional tool. And while that may be true, bluegrass artists seeking to get a video out to their fans have quite probably felt some frustration. Youtube and other online