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Doyle Lawson is our guest in this episode of The GrassCast. John and Doyle spoke recently just after the press conference announcing this year's IBMA Award Nominees. Doyle and Rhonda Vincent were the hosts for the press conference. If you

I remember when I was in school at South Plains College studying bluegrass music and recording technology, a friend of mine came in one day with a CD and said "You've got to hear this!" It was a recording that

The B. It's here. Let me tell you about it. Bluegrass Today will continue to be your source for bluegrass news. John and I will bring you the news daily here on Bluegrass Today as always. But while you're here you

SoundExchange is a nonprofit performance rights organization (PRO) jointly controlled by artists and sound recording copyright owners (labels). While other PRO's collect and distribute royalties for live performance, radio broadcast, etc., SoundExchange does so for noninteractive digital

Over the weekend Boing Boing reported that John and Rudy Dopyera's collection of instruments is for sale in its entirety. The Dopyera brothers are best known as the inventors of the Dobro, which is how the instrument got it's name.

Here we are one week away from the IBMA World of Bluegrass. So this is to be our next-to-last update on the Awards Poll. We'll do one more next week from the event. Then after the actual awards we'll take

We've been working hard behind the scenes and we've got something new for you today. The B is now live. Let me tell you about it. The B is a dedicated section of Bluegrass Today where you can contribute. All users

The International Bluegrass Music Museum is announcing a new program it's calling the Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars Lesson Program. The program offers instruction on fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. The lesson are held at the Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. Assistant Director

The 35th Annual Walnut Valley Festival begins today in Winfield, KS. The festival runs September 13-17 this year. This festival is the home to the National Flatpicking Championship along with several other high profile contests. Featuring six stages and nearly

We recently had some great posts reflecting on and remembering the life and career of Bill Monroe. Those posts were published on the anniversary of his death. Today is Bill's birthday and thought we should remember that as well. So... Happy