Author: Richard Thompson

The management of the famous Nashville, Tennessee, bluegrass music venue, The Station Inn, is having a fund-raising concert. J T Gray, the owner of the club on 12th Avenue South, has organized a show, which will take place on November 19,

Rich Hersberger, the Secretary of the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation (BBJF), has announced that the fund raising efforts to help buy the Indiana music park previously owned and managed by Bill Monroe realized nearly $5,000 during the recent Uncle Pen

Veteran bluegrass mandolin player Dewey Murphy has promised to donate his mandolin to the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM), in Owensboro, when he retires from music. The 79 year old from North Carolina still plays at bluegrass festivals, but his 1924

Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to attend the IBMA convention. It was his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his

Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to attend the IBMA convention. It was his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his

In the course of two days just over fifty years ago, the Stanley Brothers began an era that was to last on-and-off right through and beyond Carter Stanley's premature passing on December 1, 1966. Carter and Ralph along with the Clinch

In an article entitled Panel offers survival tips for small businesses, Laura Copeland wrote recently in The Tennessean newspaper about the economy and the various ways to deal with the issues facing the world. It's a dry old subject I know,

Circle of Friends for Jan has announced that there will be a benefit for Jan Johansson, a Bill Monroe disciple and multi-instrumentalist and fiddle teacher based in Cary, North Carolina. He also is known for giving fiddle workshops and instruction alongside

Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, has announced the signing of Johnny Williams from Danville, Virginia. Williams is an award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been named Virginia State Champion Male Vocalist and is an award winning songwriter, having

With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas still to come, tickets for Del McCoury's New Year's Eve have already gone on sale. McCoury Music has announced that tickets for their New Year's Eve Party at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, are available on