John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2004 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. He continues in that capacity here, managing a strong team of columnists and correspondents.
Last year around this time, we told you about Lonesome River Band banjo picker Sammy Shelor's side business when fall rolls around. He and his wife Sue plant a field of corn each spring, not to bring to market, but as the base for their annual Corn Acoustics corn maze. Last year's maze was cut [...]
Look for Alison Krauss as a guest on the Friday, August 31 edition of Nightline, the long-running ABC nightly news program. She'll be on for a regular Nightline feature called Playlist, where prominent pop artists discuss their favorite songs - what's on their playlist. She taped this segment when the band was in New York [...]
Here's a fun YouTube clip we found on Sam Bush's web site. Those of us of a certain age will get a kick out of seeing a pop icon like Ringo Starr speaking excitedly about artists held in high esteem by fans of acoustic string music - like Sam Bush. The clip has Ringo extolling [...]
When Alison Krauss & Union Station played a show in Norfolk, VA a few weeks ago, banjo/guitar player Ron Block made a brief side trip to the studios of The 700 Club to tape a segment for the popular Christian-themed program. The show will air on Thursday August 30 and features Ron performing the song [...]
Once again, as we have done the past two years, Bluegrass Today is hosting an unofficial awards poll which mirrors the 2007 IBMA Awards nominees. It is not affiliated with the IBMA or their official balloting process, and run just for fun and to give our readers who are not voting members of the IBMA [...]
Rounder has posted audio samples online from their upcoming Robert Plant/Alison Krauss release, due October 23. Bluegrass purists may argue that information about this CD has no place on Bluegrass Today, as there is little - if any - bluegrass music to be found there. And they would be half right. Raising Sand is a [...]
When we reported over the weekend that Audie Blaylock had left Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Audie had not made a statement regarding his future plans. It turns out that he is reassembling his band, Redline, and is now accepting dates for the remainder of 2007 and beyond. He wants to ensure everyone that he will [...]
As promised, here is the full 30 minute documentary on The Infamous Stringdusters, Four Days Of Infamy. It was created by Nashville filmmaker Craig Havighurst of String Theory Media, and shot during a four day Colorado tour he took with the band in March. Craig shot the band on stage, backstage, in rehearsal - and [...]
Here's a follow-up to a post from this past June, about movie and television actress Mare Winningham having released a spiritual CD of folk and bluegrass tinged music, but framed by her perspective as a recent convert to Judaism. The CD is entitled Refuge Rock Sublime, and has attracted some attention from the Jewish press. [...]
Troy Engle has joined The Isaacs, playing both guitar and banjo, replacing Kevin Haynie who recently left the band. He had previously been a member of The Mark Newton band, and worked with Buddy Jewell and Patty Loveless. The Isaacs report that Troy is a natural fit, and since he has been a fan of [...]
