Bluegrass At Large

J.D. Crowe and The New South, The Moron Brothers, Lonesome River Band, and The Grascals will be at the top of a long list of headliners from Thursday, Sept. 3 through Saturday, Sept. 5 at the 9th Annual Crowe

The 32nd Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival is this weekend, July 10-12, at Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro TN.  A master banjo player and performer, Uncle Dave Macon is considered one of the first Grand Ole Opry superstars.   He died in 1952

Is the banjo a ferocious predator? It seems so. Three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia. The three were named after the Australian poet Banjo Paterson and characters in his poetry (Waltzing Matilda). The dino named Banjo is said

Jesse Lester McReynolds, mandolin player extraordinaire, celebrates his 80th birthday today (7/9/09). Born in Coburn, Virginia, McReynolds, known for his innovative cross-picking and split-string styles of playing the mandolin, partnered his late brother, Jim, in the pioneering bluegrass band Jim and

We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has just now turned 16 and continues to impress audiences throughout the northeastern US and beyond with her poise and

Brance and I spent the past two days in the studio with Barry Bales, shooting an AcuTab bass DVD which will be released later this year. Adam Steffey, Kenny Smith and Jim Mills were also on hand for the shoot. Barry

Wall Street Journal recently ran an article, in their business management section (July 6 edition, page B1), with the story of how Martin Guitar Company has dealt with the recently slow economy. The company was determined not to lay off any

Paige Musical Products has announced that the latest iteration of their popular Paige Capo, The Clik, will be unveiled at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville later this month. Like the original Paige capo designs, The Clik uses a direct center

Our good friend Wichita Rutherford is giving away a box load of those handy little USB flash drives that everyone loves. What's more, the ones he's handing out are full of all kinds of fun, Wichita-related, bluegrass stuff. He's loaded these

NewFound Road has posted live video from their show at Rudy Fest in late June. Two songs are available, both professionally shot and edited, of the band with Jim VanCleve sitting in on fiddle. Here's the live version of Houston (I'm