Author: Richard Thompson

Walter Haynes, steel guitar player and producer, passed away on Thursday, January 1, in Tyler, Texas. He was 80 years old. Born December 14, 1928, in Kingsport, Tennessee, Haynes was an under-rated steel guitar player who worked with Little Jimmy Dickens,

On October 31 of last year, we mentioned that the forthcoming Alecia Nugent album, Hillbilly Goddess, on Rounder Records, was to be released on January 13, 2009. Rounder has pushed that release date back to March 24, 2009, and chosen revised

Today's Tennessean newspaper has reported that the Country Music Foundation (CMF), on behalf of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, has reach an agreement with Robert Waldschmidt, the Trustee for the Robert W. McLean Bankruptcy Estate. This agreement, if

This post is the first in what will be an occasional feature - Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us.  Patrick McDougal was born and raised in Charleston, South

At the same time as announcing the signing of Johnny Williams, Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, advised me of the signing of the new bluegrass gospel group Wheeler from Weber City, Virginia. Wheeler was established in April of this year

The Americana Music Association has recently published its Top 100 Albums for November 19, 2007 through to November 10, 2008. In keeping with the success at the Americana award show on September where Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won the Album

The year end summary of the Billboard bluegrass music charts are now available to view on-line. The upper reaches of the Album and Artist charts are dominated by 'on the edge' groups, with Old Crow Medicine Show taking the top spot

Fans of bluegrass veteran Curly Seckler will be able to enjoy two radio programs in which he is featured during the holiday period. On Friday, December 26 Seckler discusses his career with host Frank Stasio on North Carolina Public Radio's

When we noted last week that Bluegrass Now would cease publication after this current (12/08) issue, it was noted in the comments section that no statement from the publishers had been issued. Longtime publishers Wayne and Deb Bledsoe have now released

The inaugural DelFest Academy will take place from May 18-21, 2009. The Academy, which will take place at the DelFest venue - the Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, Maryland - provides two levels of instruction: Level 1 (novice to intermediate) and Level