Bluegrass At Large

With August 1 on the horizon, the airwaves are once again inundated with back to school advertisements. For recently-graduated high schoolers, plans for college are well underway, fraught with that bittersweet mix of anticipation and uncertainty. Next week we'll have stories

Ralph Stanley is to publish his autobiography, Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times on October 15. The book covers Stanley's entire musical career, from his start in 1946 as the younger member of the Stanley Brothers through to his

The Firebox is honored to announce the appearance of... "Rebel Records" recording artists‚Ķ. "David Davis and the Warrior River Boys" http://www.myspace.com/daviddavisandwrb http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117657739675&ref=ts Sunday. Aug 2, 2009, 5:00 PM At THE FIREBOX RESTAURANT 539 Broad St., Hartford, CT. 5:00-8:30 PM. Sunday Night Bluegrass Series 860-246-1222 With your hosts: Nick Novia-Joe DeLillo http://www.fireboxrestaurant.com/ [email protected] New

Here's some unfortunate news about one of the giants of folk and traditional American music. Mike Seeger has been in treatment for leukemia this past few years, and has just recently been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and aggressive form

Nashville banjo player Charlie Cushman underwent emergency coronary bypass surgery yesterday (7/28). He suffered a mild heart attack on Monday, and was immediately scheduled for a triple bypass. His good friend, and fellow banjo picker, Larry Perkins tells us that everything

Great Article! Just wanted to make a small correction. The bands playing on August 6th will only be the Little Mountain Boys, Nothin' Fancy, Larry Stephenson and Rhonda Vincent. The other bands mentioned as well as several others played

Donna Ulisse and one of her Poor Mountain Boys, Scott Neubert, will be in the WSM studios at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:15 for an in-studio performance and interview with WSM radio

Zak McLamb, bass player with Kenny & Amanda Smith, and his wife Karen are celebrating the birth of their first child. Luke McLamb was born last night (7/27) at 8:50 p.m. (EDT). Zak reports that he weighed in at 7 lbs.,

The Boxcar Bandits, a bluegrass band from Denton, TX, will kick off the second leg of their summer tour on Wednesday, July 29th at the Blue Light in Lubbock, TX. Stops include: Wed 7/29 Blue Light, Lubbock TX Thurs 7/30 Golden

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