Bluegrass At Large

Hello all, every year on the fourth i host a hoedown at the house to raise money for a selected local non profit organization. I throw the party for free and gladly accept donations towards the cause. This year its for

The Infamous Stringdusters will be playing in Roanoke at the Kirk Avenue Music Hall.    Showtime is March 4 at 8 p.m.  It should be a great show!

The folks at Blue Chip Picks, whose line of composite flatpicks have hit the mark with some of the top guitarists and mandolinists in bluegrass music, have now released a line of thumbpicks for banjo players. The pick material is riveted

Well...it's been a while since my last post here, but believe it or not, we're going strong into week twenty! The venue is really working out well, and we are becoming a "club" type atmosphere. Yes, everyone knows each

Christoffer Olsson, guitarist and lead singer with G2, is celebrating the birth of his son, Benjamin, born earlier this month. G2 banjo picker Jens Koch shared this photo of Christoffer and Benjamin, along with some band news from their home in

Not long ago we reported on another year of declining CD sales within the music industry. So we thought it'd be nice to share the story of increased sales at CD Baby. CD Baby reports that their CD sales for 2008

PRESS RELEASE by A.I.M. Charitable Association Spokesperson Re: Local Musicians Roll Out the Red Carpet on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 Not for Profit, A.I.M. for Peace (artists in music), designed to raise funds for victim musicians, is hosting benefit event for Donald

Like the band's name implies, The Muckrakes are here to help you sift through your problems and, just maybe, provide an anodyne that is necessary to survive the modern world. The group may have formed in the backwaters of Newport News,

Some of the most closely followed topics in the banjo world are discussions about the metals and alloys used in banjo construction. The most common materials used in high end banjos tend to vary very little, though you do read from

I have recorded with a lot of top class musicians both in the UK and in the States.  For example, my last CD, "Dogwood Place", was recorded in Nashville with Rhonda Vincent, Alison Brown, Jim Hurst, Missy Raines, Wayne Benson,