Author: Richard Thompson

How can one be dispassionate about Ernie Thacker and the release of his latest CD, The Hangman? While in the middle of recording tracks for The Hangman (Pinecastle PRC 1167), Thacker was involved in an horrendous automobile accident that very nearly

In an open letter to Friends, Donors, Supporters, and those with an interest in the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation Inc. (BBJF), the foundation has announced details regarding the progress that the organization has made in its mission to preserve the

This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Connie Leigh is what might be called the songwriter's songwriter. So many fellow writers

Curly Seckler will be honored at the 13th Annual Leon Kiser Memorial Tribute Show to take place at the Paramount Centre for the Arts in Bristol, Tennessee, on February 28. Seckler will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, Musician Category, for

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the names of the participants in the 2009 class of Leadership Bluegrass. Leadership Bluegrass, now in its 10th year and with more than 200 alumni, is an intensive three-day program of advanced level, interactive

After what can only be described as a labour of love, Roland White has announced that his book, The Essential Clarence White - Bluegrass Guitar Leads, is now available. The 102-page spiral-bound book features 14 songs and tunes with variations, in

Following our recent story about the agreement between the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Trustees of the Estate of the late Robert W. McLean concerning the ownership of instruments such as Bill Monroe's mandolin and Maybelle

Ken Orrick of Lost Highway died at his home on Saturday (1/24) after a massive heart attack. Orrick, guitarist/vocalist with Lost Highway, a band originally from Orange County, California, was a founder member and stayed with them until the mid 1980s

Another forthcoming CD release from the folks at Pinecastle Records is Signs (PRC1169) from Special Consensus. Greg Cahill, with the band on tour in Ireland, took a few moments away from preparing for RTE Radio's Mooney Show last week to

Volumes 7 and 8 of the fantastic series of DVDs of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Shows from the 1950s and 1960s will be released by Shanachie Records on February 24. One of these sets features the earliest surviving show, from