Author: Brance

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

Last year the Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival held it's first annual instructional camp for the three days prior to the festival. The camp was successful and they have organized it again this year. The camp and the festival are both

We recently received a note letting us know that Jim Lauderdale has just wrapped up recording on a new bluegrass CD. Lauderdale's last bluegrass CD, Bluegrass, was one of my favorite recordings of the last year. This new CD was produced

Nathan Stanley is the grandson of bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley. At just 14 years old Nathan is already playing mandolin in his grandfather's band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. The band includes three generations of the Stanley men as Nathan's uncle

For those fiddle players among us, there is a new site custom tailored to you. It's the Fiddle Hangout. The site just went live last Friday, June 22, 2007, but has averaged 2,000 visits per day since that time. Springing from

I'm asking that question of bands and labels that are selling music. Do you sell your stuff in iTunes? If not, now may be the time. The news today is that Apple's iTunes Music Store has lept ahead of both Target

The Southern Arts Federation (SAF), a non-profit arts organization based in Atlanta, is currently presenting it's first ever touring exhibit in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The exhibit is dedicated to the music and musicians of

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

We ran a piece earlier this week about the International Bluegrass Music Museum's fourth annual festival, ROMP. At the time we mentioned the names of several of the bluegrass artists who would be performing at the festival. Since that time another

If you're planning a summer vacation trip to Nashville, you'll want to consider a trip to the Ryman Auditorium. And what better day than a Thursday when you catch a bluegrass show? Tonight, June 21, 2007, kicks off the season's Bluegrass