Bluegrass At Large

What: AmanaJam Bluegrass Jam Camp When: February 21 -24, 2008 Where: Amana Colonies Golf Club, Amana, Iowa Why: AmanaJam is a wonderful weekend of bluegrass jamming designed to help both the intermediate and beginning jammers become more at ease

As promised, here are a few more photos from the recent Mountain Heart visit to Switzerland. Jim Van Cleve passed along a note about the drink Jason Moore was holding in one of the earlier photos we posted. "I wanted to let

I would have to agree with the powers that be about Merle's "bluegrass" album not getting recognized. I got the album thinking that it would be his tunes done in the bluegrass style but I was sorely dissapointed. Mostly everything

Each day John and I receive a great many emails and phone calls reporting stories of interest to the bluegrass community. We write them up and report them here on Bluegrass Today. In addition to the news that is given

Press Release - Song Garden Music Group in Nashville: Song Garden Music Group announced today that Bluegrass Artist, Canaan's Crossing has landed the number one position on RadioActive Airplay's Bluegrass Gospel Top Ten Chart this week with the song "I'll Be

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere so....... Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton, and Luke Bulla will be one of the headliners at the 7th annual Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN (an hour south of Nashville). The set is

Mountain Heart is just finishing up a brief tour in Switzerland, and have sent along a few "What I did on my Alpine vacation" photos for all us to enjoy. Jim VanCleve has promised us another photo essay before they head

Another CD we received recently came from Spanish banjoist Lluis Gómez. His new project is entitled Quartet, taken from the name of his group, and features 10 instrumental tracks, most of them Gomez compositions. He is joined by the members of

Pictured left to right: Dave Pomeroy, Rick Stanley, Donna Ulisse, Keith Sewell, Dave Higgs, Andy Hall, Andy Leftwich Singer songwriter Donna Ulisse was in Nashville's NPR studios on February 1 with Dave Higgs, host of "Bluegrass Breakdown" performing six songs

College radio has long been a launching ground for new artists in the music business, and a place where few of the recognized programming rules hold sway. A number of younger bluegrass and alternative acoustic acts have found success in