• IBMA Keynote address from Jerry Douglas

    Last night's Keynote Address, traditionally offered on the first night of the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention, was delivered by Jerry Douglas. His address seemed to focus on three basic themes: bluegrass music is in good shape, it is being noticed

  • Little Green Footballs and bluegrass

    We found a reference to Jerry Douglas and Alison Krauss on a widely read blog, known primarily for political comment and discussion. The blog has the unlikely name of Little Green Footballs, and it is consistently ranked as a Higher

  • Alison Krauss – Voice like an angel

    The Arizona Daily Star has a story online about Alison Krauss' recent grammy win. The article is focused mainly on Jerry Douglas and his contributions to Union Station and dobro playing in general. They have a lot of quotes from

  • Whiskey Lullaby – CMA Song of the Year

    I just spoke with Dave Carney. Dave is in New York City celebrating with his boss Keith Urban who won two awards from the CMA earlier this evening. It was loud wherever he was so we didn't speak for long,

  • Koch Nashville – wha’s up?

    Over the past few days here at IBMA, we've had occasion to speak with a number of the people who have been affected by the closing of Koch Record's Nashville division. What we are being told is that of the

  • The Best Kept Secret is out today!

    Jerry Douglas' new CD The Best Kept Secret is a secret no longer. Today is the official release date for the latest CD from dobro master Jerry Douglas. I've posted about this previously, but just wanted to remind everyone that

  • Jerry Douglas – The Best Kept Secret

    We just received a press release stating that Jerry Douglas has a new CD scheduled for release on September 20th, 2005. The CD The Best Kept Secret is on the KOCH Records label. Douglas, who produces quite a number of