Bluegrass At Large

We've just received word from Erio Meili of the Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association in Brazil, with word of an international bluegrass competition the SPBMA is hosting called Bluegrass Row. Erio is inviting bands from all over the world to make

HEAR music, LIKE music, BUY music It’s so simple and obvious. It’s always been true. It only happens that way, and it only happens in that order. If your online music strategy doesn’t follow that universal truth, then you’re only making

Gone but not forgotten... That's not just the name of a terrific song, but the sentiment that most bluegrass lovers express when discussing the giants of our music who have passed on. One who squarely fits in this category is John

How would you like to get an autographed copy of the new Infamous Strigdusters CD, Things That Fly, before it's available anywhere else? How about getting a free 'Dusters show poster in the bargain? Five lucky readers of Bluegrass Today will

Colorado banjo player Jake Schepps and his band, Expedition Quartet, have just arrived in Russia. They have been invited to compete in the 1st Annual Terem Crossover in St. Petersburg this week, where they will go up against dozens of

As if he didn't have enough already... Del McCoury will be among the 2010 Pennsylvania Governor's Arts Awards Honorees when they are presented on April 8. He will accept the Artist of the Year award, also known as the Hazlett Memorial

We're always excited to discover a new group of young people who play and sing bluegrass music with excellence. So it was with some sadness that we learned The Lovell Sisters were saying farewell. The band, consisting of three sisters

Composite Acoustics, commonly known as CA Guitars, has closed its doors. The Louisiana-based company that manufactured steel-string acoustic guitars made from a carbon fiber material had found adherents among both hobby and professional pickers worldwide, including Blue Highway guitarist Tim Stafford.

A recurring frustration for performers who sell merchandise at shows is their inability to accept credit card payments. There are portable card scanners, but they often require AC power or online access to operate - typically unavailable to merch vendors at

We have been made aware of the theft of a number of left-handed instruments that may show up within the bluegrass community. In what may have come as an unpleasant surprise to the thief, all of the instruments taken were left-handed