Author: Brance

  • Into The Blue: 200 Affiliate Stations

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    Terry Herd first began his bluegrass radio show, Into The Blue, on KUMA in Pendleton, Oregon. That was in May of 1992, now in March of 2007 Into The Blue has added it's 200th affiliate station, making Into The Blue

  • Are declining CD sales good news?

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    The numbers are in for the first quarter and they don't look promising, at least not on the surface. Nielsen SoundScan reports that 89 million CDs were sold from January 1 through March 18. That's a drop of nearly 20%

  • Copyright Royalty Board agrees to rehearing

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    The recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) to restructure the way royalties are calculated for internet broadcasters, has lead to heated discussion here on Bluegrass Today as well as in the halls of Congress. It appears as if

  • Ryan Holladay brings bluegrass to students

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    Bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Ryan Holladay, a veteran performer at 14 years old, will be performing tomorrow, Friday March 23, 2007, at the 18th Annual Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia. Ryan is performing as part of the Gulfstream Music Education Series

  • Satellite Radio merger in the Senate

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    We've told you before about the proposed merger of the two satellite radio providers, Sirius and XM. Previously the House of Representatives had inquired into the deal, now the Senate is doing so. The main objection to the action is

  • Bluegrass author featured at university

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    Bluegrass photojournalist and author Stephanie P. Ledgin has been asked to show her work at this year's Rutgers University Faculty Authors Exhibition at Alexander Library in New Brunswick. Ledgin, who currently serves on the IBMA board, is a former part-time

  • Alecia Nugent: concert review

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    Saturday night I took the wife and attended the Alecia Nugent concert in nearby New Castle, Virginia. It should be no surprise that Alecia put on a great show, she's won awards recently from both IBMA and SPBGMA for her

  • Wichita Rutherford on XM

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    Wichita Rutherford, the podcasting superstar, has just announced that he has moved from Sirius to XM in the satellite radio world. Wichita's new show on XM is called The Grand Old Time Machine which is also the name of his upcoming

  • Donna Hughes on XM today

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    Singer/songwriter Donna Hughes' recently released her new CD, Gaining Wisdom, and has been touring some to support the release. Today she'll be on XM satellite radio with host Kyle Cantrell at 11 AM EST. I'm sure they'll be discussing and