• XM Top 40 for August

    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has released their Top 40 chart for August '07, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. The top 5 albums for August were: #1 Lovin' Pretty Women Steep Canyon Rangers #2 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #3 Good News Charlie Sizemore #4 Old

  • Bluegrass Diaries on XM

    Brance posted last month with information about Jim Lauderdale's latest release, The Bluegrass Diaries, due for a September 18 release on Yep Roc Records On Wednesday (9/05), Jim will join XM Satellite Radio's Kyle Cantrell on Bluegrass Junction for the World

  • Top 40 bluegrass for August on XM

    It's the start of a new month, and that means that Bluegrass Junction, XM Satellite Radio's 24/7 bluegrass channel, has a new top 4o for July. The mothly album list is compiled based on listener requests and how often individual

  • Lovin’ Pretty Women radio premiere

    Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. marks the official radio premiere of the new Rebel Records CD from The Steep Canyon Rangers on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. Host Kyle Cantrell will play each of the tracks from Lovin' Pretty Women,

  • Country Current on XM Studio Special

    The guys from the US Navy Bluegrass Band, Country Current, are the featured guests this week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special series on XM Satellite Radio (Channel 14 - Bluegrass Junction). The show aired this morning at 8 AM EST,

  • XM Top 40 for July

    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has relaesed their July Top 40, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. June's top 5 albums were: #1 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #2 Long List Of Hearthaches The Grascals #3 Old Photograph Randy Kohrs & The Lites #4 Life Stories Larry Stephenson

  • July 4th Bluegrass Marathon on XM

    With July 4th fast approaching, I got an email from our old pal Wichita Rutherford, letting me know about something special he's doing for the holiday. While the rest of us are outside enjoying a cookout and listening to our

  • Andy Hall on The Grand Old Time Machine

    We just heard from our friend Wichita Rutherford that Andy Hall, of The Infamous Stringdusters, will be his guest host this evening on his XM Radio show, The Grand Old Time Machine. A couple weeks ago Wichita had Mac Wiseman, then

  • FCC review begins for Sirius/XM merger

    Here's an update to a story Brance discussed earlier this year - the proposed acquisition of XM Satellite Radio by Sirius Satellite Radio. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun its 180 day review period, during which public comment on the

  • XM Top 40 for June

    Just two weeks ago, XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) announced the debut of their monthly Top 40, based on how often individual albums are featured. The June Top 40, based on requests and plays in May, has just