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Yesterday (4/26), Earl Scruggs was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered, where he discussed the recently released set of DVDs from the Flatt & Scruggs television shows in the the late 1950s and early '60s. He talks with Melissa Block about the old days, and shared a few stories about doing TV in that [...]
After teaching at Sore Fingers Week in England earlier this month, Rob Ickes, Noam Pikelny and Casey Driessen did some touring in the UK as The Nashville Acoustic All Stars. The folks at ukbluegrass.com posted yesterday with links to three video clips on YouTube from a performance of theirs in Scotland. They were shot with [...]
The King Easy Radio Sampler is a new entry offering radio service for acoustic music artists and labels. They will mail a sampler CD to 1,000 of the top folk, roots and Americana shows in the US and Canada, and will accept tracks from new releases, reissues, back catalog or digital-only projects. King Easy is [...]
Fiddler Billy Hurt, from Boones Mill, VA, is the newest member of David Parmley & Continental Divide. Billy was something of a fiddle phenom in southwestern Virginia as a youngster, winning at competitions and conventions in the area, culminating with the top prize the Galax Old Fiddler's Convention in 1994. He went on to perform [...]
The newest music and interview feature on the AT&T blue room includes a live performance from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Bruce Hornsby, filmed during a recent show at BB King's club in New York City. There are live video clips of The Dreaded Spoon, Mandolin Rain and The Way It Is, all taken [...]
We got a note from Blue Moon Rising yesterday with some news that will be of interest to their friends and fans. The band is currently in the studio working on their second release for Lonesome Day records. It is being produced by Cody Kilby, flatpicking gunslinger with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and should [...]
We have written a good bit this year about Tony Trischka's latest CD, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular. Each of the project's 14 tracks feature Tony performing in duet (with a full band) along with other prominent banjo pickers, including such luminaries as Earl Scruggs, Scott Vestal, Tom Adams and Bill Emerson. Tony will be appearing [...]
Johnson Guitars has announced a new model for their Carolina series of acoustic guitars. The Carolina Cutaways feature a cutaway body and a Fishman EQ pickup system, and are available in either solid top or all-solid wood models, with the option of rosewood or mahogany back and sides. Like the other models in the Carolina [...]
The 2007 edition of Bluegrass Guide is now ready for mailing. This annual publication contains an extensive festival listing, plus band profiles. On the cover this year are The Gibson Brothers, and the new issue contains an in-depth interview conducted by Guide publisher, Candi Sawyer. The Guide sells for only $10, and can be ordered [...]
The Grand Ole Opry broadcasts this weekend will feature some terrific bluegrass music, worth the effort to find their signal on the radio (650 AM from Nashville), or catch the live cybercast at WSM online. Friday's show (4/20) will feature Cherryholmes during the 9:00-9:30 p.m. segment, and a very special Opry performance in the 10:30-11:00 [...]
