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King Wilkie and Rounder/Zoe have utilized online resources to push digital downloads of their latest CD, Low Country Suite, and to promote their summer dates. At Rhapsody.com, they are offering an alternate version of the song Rockabye, (Farewell Lonesome Dove) in addition to the version on the CD, exclusively for Rhapsody users. Over at the [...]
Tony Trischka will be the guest on tonight's (7/8) Banjo Talk program. The show is hosted by Dave Pericone, and is an online call in show, much like what you hear on the radio, which runs each Sunday evening from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. (eastern). Dave and Tony will "talk banjo," and field calls from [...]
Regular readers will recall us noting the unfortunate news that Butch Baldassari was diagnosed with cancer a month ago. As we also mentioned in our previous post, the folks at Mandolin Cafe have set up a page where donations for Butch's many expenses can be made. It's a quick and easy process, using secure, PayPal [...]
The Grand Ole Opry has some good bluegrass on tap this weekend, during both the Friday and Saturday night radio broadcasts. Friday (7/6) has Mountain Heart in the 10:00-10:30 p.m. slot, and Jesse McReynolds in the 10:30-11:00 segment. On the big Saturday night show (7/7), Mountain Heart is back (9:00-9:30, 11:00-11:30 slots), as is Bobby [...]
Brance posted last month about Kentucky House Bill 71, which made bluegrass the official music of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He also mentioned that a ceremonial signing of the bill would occur during the live taping of Michael Johnathon's Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour, with KY Governor Ernie Fletcher on hand with his sharpie. The video [...]
How many Bluegrass Blog readers know that Belfast in Northern Ireland is the sister city to Nashville, TN? Well it is, and Belfast celebrated this 200th birthday year for Nashville with a concert on June 29, reported July 4 on The Bluegrass Ireland Blog. A number of bands and artists from Northern Ireland performed, including [...]
Here are two more reflections on the passing of Ray Goins from his friends and contemporaries in the music business. Paul Williams had this to say about his old friend. I first met Ray Goins, when I was with The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers in 1951. Jimmy Williams had left to go and work for Mac [...]
Gibson has announced their acquisition this week of Garrison Guitars of St. John's Newfoundland, in Canada. Garrison was started by Chris Griffiths in 1999, using a new bracing system he had developed, and dubbed the Griffiths Active Bracing System. This system is one where all of the top bracing is cut as a single component, [...]
We lost another bluegrass pioneer this week when banjo player and singer Ray Goins passed away on Monday, July 2, 2007. Ray had been ill for some time, and was hospitalized in Pikeville, KY when he died. He was a member of the legendary Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, formed by Ray and Charlie Cline in 1938. [...]
When you hear "Dave" and "Top 10" in the same sentence, most Americans immediately think of late night TV. Precious few of us would think... Uncle Dave Macon. But that is exactly what The Murfreesboro Post did, publishing The Top 10 facts about Uncle Dave Macon in advance of the annual Uncle Dave Macon Days [...]
