Author: Brance

In you're in the Eastern Virginia area, and a fan of old time banjo playing, here's an event you might want to check out this weekend. The Old Time Banjo Festival is happening tonight at the Birchmere. The event is,

BluegrassCountry.org recently interviewed a number of bluegrass stars. Those interviews are now being aired on the Open Mic show. It's a two hour show that will be repeating, in its entirety, through July 17th. The first hour features interviews with Dr.

NBC News4 in the District of Columbia recently ran a story online about the DC Bluegrass Union. The story is text only and featured online in the DC Scene section of the station's website. The story takes on the tone of

Georgia Public Broadcasting recently featured a short story about luthier Randy Wood. The feature ran on the GPB TV network, but ten minutes of it is now available online via YouTube.com. The ten minute clip shows Randy in his shop building

The blog will be experiencing some temporary downtime today as we make some upgrades on the back end. Sit back and relax. We'll back in no time! UPDATE 12:34 PM: OK, we're done!

The Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park & Campground, site of the famous Bean Blossom bluegrass festival, as well as home to the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum, is up for sale. Banjo player, and former Bluegrass Boy, Dwight

While WSM and The Grand Ole Opry may be the flagship of traditional country radio that opens its arms wide and accepts bluegrass, this show/station combo wasn't the only entry point for bluegrass and traditional music into the radio world. The

Country outlaw Toby Keith just released a new country music CD but has also announced plans for the release of what he calls an acoustic/bluegrass Christmas CD. According to Billboard Magazine, Keith has already recorded a two disc set of Christmas

Cherryholmes have been a favorite with bluegrass fans since they hit the national scene just a few short years ago. Recently they released a new CD titled, Cherryholmes II Black and White. The new album just debuted in the #1 position

Here's the story of three guys from Florida who moved to the New River Valley in SouthWest Virginia and are reviving an old local radio station. WNRV is located in Giles County, half way between Narrows and Pearisburg. The station's broadcast