Bluegrass At Large

  • Punch Brothers film in production

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    How To Grow A Band is the title of a new film, currently in production, that chronicles the life and times of Punch Brothers. It follows Chris Thile and his merry band (Chris Eldridge on guitar, Noam Pikelny on band, Gabe

  • Jim Steptoe passes

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    Jim Steptoe, longtime banjo player with Patent Pending, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly over the weekend. He was found at his home on Sunday, August 30. Jim was a founding member of the band, along with Eldred Hill, Rusty Williams, Leigh

  • More Monroe stampers out west

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    Don't think we have forgotten about the Bill Monroe Stamp Campaign, just because we haven't mentioned in a few months! A great many folks are collecting signatures on a petition to have Bill Monroe honored with a commemorative stamp from the

  • Clyde and Clem: Blasphemous Drunkgrass from Austin

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    Austin six-piece, Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business, is a travesty to everything that bluegrass stands for. More at home in a dingy punk club than at a folk bar, their legendary live shows are rowdy, raucous sweat-stained endeavors that would

  • Death of the Music Industry?

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    Just in case you missed it, Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow wrote a piece in the New York Times about a month ago, indicating that the music industry has about 10 years of life left in it, before it is

  • Nashville Symphony to feature grassers

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    For anyone who will be in Nashville for the Americana Music Festival and Conference (September 16-19), here's a good reason to slip into town a few days early. The Nashville Symphony will be doing a special show on Saturday, September 12,

  • Ferguson, Holmes and Henry

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    We just heard from Gary Ferguson, recently home from a three week tour in Ireland. He wanted share some news about a new project he has in the works. After touring the past two years in Ireland with Janet Holmes and

  • Promo job with Rebel?

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    Rebel Records is on the hunt for someone to fill a position in their Radio Publicity & Promotion department. The position requires excellent communication and computer skills and a love for Bluegrass and/or Old-Time Music. Applicants must reside in central

  • Mike Seeger remembered

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    Mike Seeger: August 15, 1933  - August 7, 2009 Musician, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, collector, teacher, advocate, record engineer and producer, field-recordist, archivist, folklorist, historian and cultural scholar. Adjectives abound; individually or collectively they cannot begin to describe the influence Mike Seeger