• Merlefest Day 4

    Here's a day 4 report on Merlefest 2011 from Georgia Lowrance, delayed by poor connectivity on Sunday. She provided us daily updates, with photos, from her position on the ground in Wilkesboro last weekend. The bulk of the photos

  • Young Turks Hatin’ on Bluegrass

    Ignorance on parade... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Lge8J-s7wIs there anything more obnoxious than people who believe something is worthless if they haven't heard of it? Of course, I've never heard of these guys, or their YouTube show, but it seems to be a popular online video

  • Skaggs takes bluegrass Grammy

    Yesterday's (2 /9) Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album went to Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947. Congratulations to Ricky and the boys! Alison Krauss and Robert Plant won 5 Grammies for

  • Plant-Krauss II in the works

    Nashville radio station WKDF is reporting that former Led Zeppelin vocalist and current Alison Krauss duet partner Robert Plant has rented a home in Nashville and is working on a follow-up with Krauss to their hugely successful Raising Sand CD. The

  • Free Alison Krauss & Robert Plant Tickets

    Alison Krauss & Robert Plant will be performing a concert in Chattanooga, TN on Wednesday of this week, and our good friend Wichita Rutherford is giving away four tickets to the show. He's giving them away in pairs so there

  • New Krauss/Plant video

    Yeah, yeah...  I know - it's not bluegrass. But a lot of readers here on Bluegrass Today follow Alison Krauss' music wherever it may take her. Sales of her new CD with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, have made it plain that

  • Plant says yes to Alison, no to Led Zepp

    The rock music blogosphere is buzzing with the news that Robert Plant has reportedly turned down the notion of a Led Zeppelin reunion tour, preferring to focus his attention on his newfound musical partnership with Alison Krauss. Their duet CD,

  • Alison Krauss, Robert Plant on CMT Crossroads

    Tonight (2/11) is the first airing of the episode of CMT Crossroads featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss performing the music from their duo release, Raising Sand. Crossroads has long had as its theme combining artists from different backgrounds to perform

  • Plant/Krauss tickets on sale today

    Tickets for the two week Robert Plant and Alison Krauss European tour go on sale today (12/14). There are currently 12 dates booked in May of 2008, with four shows in England amidst stops in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Norway. The