Author: Brance

Country singer Josh Turner releases his sophomore CD Your Man today, January 24th, 2006. The CD may be of interest to readers of Bluegrass Today due to the inclusion of a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the gospel number

Born on July 2, 1923 Janette Carter was only 4 years old when a talent scout "discovered" her parents in Bristol in 1927. A.P. and Sara Carter performed with Janette's Aunt, "Mother" Maybelle Carter. Raised in that environment, Janette grew

Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike were in the studios of XM Satellite Radio recently. They recorded a show with Kyle Cantrell the host of Bluegrass Junction on XM channel 14. The show will be broadcast today, January 22.

Brad Davis will be performing this evening at the Acoustic Cafe with special guests Billy Bob Thornton and Tommy Shaw. The show is sponsored by the Takamine gutiar company and is part of this week's Namm show activities. The show

The International Bluegrass Music Association has just announced the participants in the 2006 Leadership Bluegrass program. The date for this year's event is set for March 21-23, 2006. The event will be held in the BMI offices in Nashville, and

The GrassCast episode #12 features an interview with Eric Gibson. Eric and his brother Leigh form The Gibson Brothers. Their new CD Red Letter Day is set to be released January 24th. In this interview we talk about the upcoming

During the holidays, tickets for the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival have been on sale for $145 for a 4-day pass and $245 for a 4-day pass and camping. That's $30 below their normal price and the sale ends Friday, January

Cherryholmes was featured on NPR Weekend Edition this past Saturday. We missed the show at that time, but it is available on the internet for listening. So if you missed it like we did, be sure to go give it

Smithsonian Folkways recently released an album featuring Classic Railroad Songs. The album contains only eight songs that have been previously released. The other 21 songs, from a number of classic artists including Doc Watson, appear here for the first time. Bookended

Here is the second gallery of photos from the Pickin" At The Paramount show that John and I attended over the weekend. If you missed it, be sure to check out the first gallery.