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.
Herb Sandker, husband of Rhonda Vincent and President of Upper Management Inc., was hospitalized briefly this weekend after experiencing chest and arm pains on Friday (8/24). Rhonda left the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival where she was performing Friday, and was able to join him at the hospital on Saturday morning. Herb is being released today (8/26) [...]
Brance posted a few weeks ago that Bradley Walker would be performing on this year's Jerry Lewis Telethon, aired annually on national television in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Walker suffers from the disease, and is confined to a wheelchair - something that has not stopped him from recording and performing at the highest [...]
The unwieldy band name "Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock" has become a bit less of a tongue twister for emcees everywhere. Michael announced yesterday (8/25) that Audie has left the group, and that singer/guitarist/songwriter Todd Rakestraw will step in to take his spot. Rakestraw has been performing with Timberline Drive, and was an [...]
We posted back in May when a live, in-studio performance by The Infamous Stringdusters showed up on YouTube. The clip was of them at KSUT in Durango, CO, and was part of a mini-documentary of the band then still being filmed by Craig Havighurst of String Theory Media. Craig traveled with the 'Dusters in February [...]
Cadillac Sky's recent performance on the WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour is now available online. WoodSongs is hosted weekly by folksinger Michael Jonathon, and is carried by more than 450 radio stations worldwide. You can choose to watch streaming video of the program, or listen to streaming audio in either a high or low fidelity [...]
The American Made Banjo Company has launched a new fund raising effort based on their line of cryogenically-treated banjo strings. The program is called Cryos For A cause, and offers a dozen or more signature banjo string sets recommended by prominent pickers, with $.50 from the sale of each set being donated to the charity [...]
In the midst of the inescapable media coverage last week marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, here's a story you might not have seen. Bluegrass singer/songwriter Shawn Camp and rockabilly singer Billy Burnette have joined forces to release The Bluegrass Elvises, a new CD out August 14 with bluegrass versions of [...]
Chris Thile and The Tensions Mountain Boys have announced a string of three dates at the fabled Station Inn in Nashville next month. They will be there September 21-23, starting at 9:00 p.m. (CT) each night, with an admission charge of $20. Tickets will go on sale August 28, and can be purchased online from [...]
Our friends at BluegrassCountry.org have launched a new feature as part of their 40th Anniversary celebration of bluegrass programming on WAMU. It's called Musician Tips and will be a weekly audio segment with prominent bluegrass artists sharing advice on a wide range of topics that will be of interest to those seeking to improve their [...]
Sorry for the last minute notice on this... Flatpicker supreme Russ Barenberg will be the guest on today's (8/21) edition of Live in Studio C on Nashville's WPLN FM. The show airs each Tuesday at 11:06 a.m. Nashville time (noon eastern), and Russ will perform music from his new CD, When At Last, with Stuart [...]
