Author: Richard Thompson

  • Virginia Mae Stauffer passes

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    Songwriter Virginia Mae Stauffer passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 12, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was aged 71 and had been unwell for the better part of the past decade. Stauffer was born on September 29, 1940, in St. Joseph

  • Bill Monroe Day in Santa Cruz

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    Mayor Ryan Coonerty has declared December 4th as Bill Monroe Day in Santa Cruz, California. As part of the Bill Monroe centennial celebrations there will be two special shows in and around Santa Cruz to mark the occasion. At the first, The

  • Cindy Baucom to Blue Ridge Hall of Fame

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    The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame has announced the names of the 2012 inductees. Among those listed is bluegrass radio host Cindy Baucom. Cindy Baucom, who presents the syndicated Knee-Deep in Bluegrass, a 2-hour weekly radio show highlighting the best

  • On This Day #3

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    On this day in 1950 ..... On November 21, 1950, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs had their first recording session for Columbia Records. During an afternoon session at The Tulane Hotel (Castle Studio) Nashville, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - assisted by

  • Win a Deering banjo on Facebook

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    Deering Banjos and Dana and Lauren (of Malibu Storm & Shankman Twins) have joined forces in a banjo giveaway. All you need to do to have a chance of winning is to visit Dana and Lauren’s Facebook page and ‘Like’ the

  • Scott Holstein – Cold Coal Town

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    Scott Holstein was born in Boone County, in the heart of the coalfields of West Virginia, and he has chosen that imagery for the title of his album, Cold Coal Town. His mother and father both played bluegrass Gospel music as far

  • The Seldom Scene is 40!

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    The Birchmere is hosting a 40th Anniversary celebration for the much-heralded Seldom Scene on November 26. In what the Birchmere bills as “an evening with The 40th Anniversary Celebration with very special guests Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray and John Starling” America’s

  • Lonesome River Band on Letterman

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    A suitably attired Lonesome River Band delivered another big shot in the arm for bluegrass music with an impeccable performance of Molly (Where's Your Man Tonight), a song that the band recorded for their No Turning Back album, released in