Skip to content
The International Bluegrass Music Assocaiation has announced the nominees for the 18th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards. [press conference photos here] Rhonda Vincent & The Rage lead the pack with 11 total nominations, split between the boss and her band members. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have 9 amongst them, and Alison Krauss & Union Station [...]
Jambands.com is reporting that last weekend's String Cheese Incident reunion show at RedRocks in Colorado would seem to be its last, and that it was surely the last performance with the band by guitarist/vocalist Bill Nershi. He has joined forces with jamgrass mandolin master Drew Emmitt, and formed the Emmitt Nershi Band. Joining Nershi and [...]
There is much to report from the world of Mountain Heart. We have news on their upcoming CD, and a new member of the band to announce. First, the CD... When Mountain Heart announced back in May that they were starting work on their first live CD project, it wasn't clear when it might be [...]
In addition to the new Charlie Sizemore CD we highlighted yesterday, there are several other notable bluegrass projects released on August 14 that are worthy of your attention. New from Rebel is Lovin' Pretty Women from The Steep Canyon Rangers. We have mentioned this project a number of times recently, and now that it is [...]
The nominees for the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Awards will be announced on Thursday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) - 9:00 a.m. Nashville time. Dale Ann Bradley and Del McCoury will make the official announcements at The Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and The Infamous Stringdusters will perform. We will [...]
The current (8/20) edition of The New Yorker magazine includes, as a part of its weekly Talk Of The Town section at the front of the book, a piece on dobro megastar Jerry Douglas. Daniel Menaker accompanied Douglas on a shopping trip to Matt Umanov Guitars on Bleecker Street in Manhattan when Jerry was in [...]
We caught up recently with Tim Stafford of Blue Highway, and got a few more details about their upcoming Rounder CD. Tim says that the project is expected to be titled Through The Window of a Train, and he speaks with pride of the material - all written by band members. He rates the songs [...]
Brance posted a few weeks ago about The Cool Mandolin Company, founded to promote our favorite eight-stringed instrument - particularly to young people - and the CD they produced to raise money for their work. They have now announced a new program, the Cool Mandolins for Kids Program, which they jokingly describe as "The new [...]
The new CD from Charlie Sizemore, Good News, is out today (8/14) on Rounder. It's been five years since there was a new studio project from this soulful bluegrass balladeer, songwriter and former Clinch Mountain Boy, and his many fans are not likely to be disappointed by this new release. For more details on Good [...]
The IBMA has announced that Sam Bush will host the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Awards show, to be held October 4 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN. His wit and stage presence are sure to add to this year's show, and possibly even creating the awkwardness of the show host being the [...]
