Bluegrass At Large

It was so sad to learn of the passing of Jack Sanbower when I read about it this morning. I saw him when he was a member of Bluegrass Image at the Hyattstown, MD Bluegrass Festival in

Jack Sanbower passed away on Tuesday (7/30) at 12:30pm. He had cancer of the esophagus and had been ill for a long time. Born September 14, 1960, and raised in the shadow of South Mountain, right in the heart of the

Quite often we report about new CD releases that have been sent our way. It's not often that we are presented with a release from our European bluegrass brethren, so we're excited to tell you about this release. Richard Cifersky began

The July 26 edition of The Tennessean, Nashville's hometown paper, has a story sure to be of interest to the many fans of Dave Akeman, a.k.a. Stringbean, one of the most beloved entertainers in the history of traditional string music. He

...this reminds me...what exactly is it with the Japanese and the two-finger "v" peace sign...much of the time it seems they can't have their picture taken without doing this...I don't get it...

The New York Times ran a story yesterday about the demise of CD inserts. Using Teddy Thompson (son of English folk-rocker Richard Thompson who wrote the Del McCoury hit 1952 Vincent Black Lightning) as an example, the article relates that

As we mentioned last month, 16 year old mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull is in the middle of a whirlwind tour of Japan. She has just completed the first leg, performing with a group of young bluegrass all-starts, and is now touring

We heard over the weekend from reader Linda Wright, who runs the LocalGrass.com web site in Kingsport, TN. She sent along a report on the surprise birthday bash for Bobby Hicks which Brance had posted about earlier this month. "I read

A couple of days ago we mentioned some of the activities in which Cherryholmes have been involved during the summer so far. Here's some information to delight English fans of Cherryholmes' style of bluegrass. This dynamic family bluegrass band is listed

Anderson Bluegrass Festival Anderson Alaska July 25-27, 2008 Friday, July 25 Time Band 2:00 Chelsea Berry with Megan Burtt 2:30 Steve Moore 3:00 Nick "The Dream" Weaver 3:30 Spenard Satans Old Timey Clubhouse Band 4:00 Robb Justice 4:30 The Porch Dogs 5:00 Blake Reese & Friends 5:30 Caleb Aronson 6:15 Rural Delivery 7:00 Ice