Author: Richard Thompson

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were featured on the BBC One TV programme Later …. With Jools Holland on Tuesday night, May 6. The duo, currently on tour in Europe performed two songs, Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) and

Williams & Clark Expedition, the Franklin, Kentucky-based quartet, has announced the forthcoming release of their latest CD, Brand New Set Of Blues, due on May 15. The band comprises a former member of Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and a Blue Grass

As reported at the time, William Anderson 'Bill' Bolick, the mandolin-playing, tenor-singing half of the duo known as the Blue Sky Boys, passed away on March 13, in Hickory, North Carolina. He was 90 years old. Born October 29, 1917, and

The Weekend Edition of NPR News' All Things Considered, airing this evening (Saturday, May 3rd), will feature an interview with Ray Davis, who has just marked his 60th year of radio broadcasting. The program airs live from 5 to 6pm. (ET);

Ray Davis, currently host of The Ray Davis Show on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, celebrates 60 years in broadcasting today (May 2). Davis joined WAMU in 1985 to host Saturday Bluegrass, and shared hosting duties for the weekday afternoon program, Bluegrass Country,

Western North Carolina-based bluegrass artists High Windy will release their debut project, A Greater Storm, May 20th on the Mountain Home label. Named for a sweeping ridge line near their home in Asheville, NC, High Windy is one of that area's

Recently we reported news of the forthcoming CD by Sierra Hull. Now, with the impending release next month, plans for the promotional push are falling into place. ASCAP and Rounder Records are jointly extending an invitation for folks to attend the

Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, TN, has announced the signing of the Elkville String Band from North Wilkesboro, NC. The band consists of Herb Key, Jeff Michael, Drake Walsh and Bill Williams, and was formed in 2001 to perform the music

If so, there's a PodCast on UNC - TV that may be appealing. Go to the PBS website for The Woodwright's Shop, and select the show number 2707 (requires realPlayer). There you can meet fiddler Joe Thrift, a modern luthier who

Recently we reported news of the release of the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band CD - Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray. At the time the fledgling link-up didn't have a website. It does now! Go to the new website to see the