Author: Brance

The Society for the Preservation of BlueGrass Music of America has announced the nominees for it's 24th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards. The convention is scheduled to be held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN on February 1-4,

If you've been following this hotly contested election you'll know that we've been trying to obtain a photo of the elusive Mr. Trent Dobbins for some time now. As we told you in the last update, Mr. Dobbins is an

Dennis Jones over at WNCW has let us know that the station is running a contest for their Top 100 list of 2006. All you have to do is visit the station's website and cast your votes for your favorite

IBMA is currently seeking showcase artists for the 2007 WOB Business Conference. The 2007 event is scheduled for Oct 1-4, 2007 in Nashville, TN. You are not required to be an IBMA member to submit an application. If you are

The New York Times recently (Nov 28, 2006) ran an article titled String Theory: New Approaches to Instrument Design. You do have to register in order to read the article, but it's free and painless. The story's focus is on

Andy Thorn, formerly with Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, has a debut solo CD titled Bolin Creek that is now available for download through the iTunes Music Store. The CD can be purchased through CDBaby.com if you would rather have

Richard Harrington, of the Washington Post, wrote a story entitled The 12 Discs of Christmas, and Rhonda Vincent's Christmas CD, Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection, is one of the 12. Harrington obviously enjoyed Rhonda's CD as he said some very nice

Listen now: (IE users click to activate) This week on The GrassCast our guest if award winning dobro player Phil Leadbetter. Phil has been in the news lately because of the formation of a new band of which he's a

Tim Shelton of NewFound Road has written in to let us know that the band will be featured on Sirius Satellite Radio tomorrow, Saturday December 9th, with host Ned Luberecki. The program will air at 7 PM EST on the

We just received word of this special holiday concert tour. The tour will consist of a set of music performed by Larry Keel & Natural Bridge and a set by Peter Rowan. There will also be extensive collaboration between the