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Here's a late Christmas present from Sirius Bluegrass... Later this morning, they will present a live, in-studio performance of the music from Tony Trischka's award-winning recording, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular. The CD features Tony in duet with some of the most prominent pickers ever to set three picks to five strings: Earl Scruggs, B?©la Fleck, [...]
Niall Toner will be on Ireland's RT?â Radio 1 this week with the first two installments of his Nashville Sessions series, recorded while he was in attendance at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention earlier this fall. These shows will air at 1:00 p.m. (EST - 6:00 p.m. local UK time) on December 27 and [...]
Brance and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! When we count our many blessings, please know that our regular readers, loyal advertisers and trusted correspondents are always among those we note. Thanks for your support of what we do. I'm in Norfolk, VA with my family and Brance is in [...]
We just got a note from Jimmy Ross, resophonic guitarist with Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset about a new recording project sure to perk up the ears of sliders everywhere. There is a CD in the works designed to showcase the fine resophonic guitars made by Tim Scheerhorn, and featuring many of the pro players [...]
Happy Friday before Christmas, everyone! Just a quick invitation to join us on Bluegrass Today for a special set of Christmas wishes, memories and reflections from a bevy of bluegrass personalities. Starting tomorrow (12/22), we will publish several of these guest Christmas posts each day, running through Christmas Day. You'll hear from The Grascals, Curly [...]
Sirius Bluegrass will have a special program featuring Rhonda Vincent on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Rhonda Vincent's Christmas Memories finds her in the studio with her family and several friends, discussing their Christmas memories - and playing her favorite bluegrass Christmas music as well. The show airs on 12/24 at both noon and 9:00 [...]
Tonight (12/21) is the final show in Fox's Next Great American Band competition, and as we have been chronicling this past few weeks, The Clark Brothers are in the running for the big prize. While not strictly a bluegrass act, they have performed throughout on mandolin, fiddle, acoustic guitar and resophonic guitar, and the three [...]
I managed to slide over to the Mountain Heart video shoot last night in Salem, VA. The guys had already spent part of the day shooting footage at a number sites in the Roanoke area, and had assembled at the Greystone Tavern to shoot the "concert" portion of the music video. The video is for [...]
When I saw Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder perform in 2005, they dedicated a portion of their show to reminding the audience that the following year (2006) would mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music. It is widely held that bluegrass was born when Bill Monroe performed with Lester Flatt and Earl [...]
Alan Munde has made a career out of playing the banjo, something he once joked about in an interview. He described meeting a girlfriend's parents as a young man, and answering their obvious question about what he did for a living with the plain truth. Alan said that their expressions made it clear that they [...]
