Bluegrass At Large

An upcoming episode of Kentucky Life will feature the young bluegrass group Kentucky Sassafras. The program was taped at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. The focus of the episode is Bardstown, KY, home of the Jim Beam distillery. A good

In a career spanning more than 40 years, country music legend MERLE HAGGARD has found a new direction to explore with THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS release, in stores OCT 2nd. HAGGARD's first-ever foray into bluegrass - to be released by bluegrass

Fans of Red Allen's music will be delighted to learn that there is to be a book published about him shortly. Author, Dennis Satterlee's book, Teardrops In My Eyes - The Music Of Harley "Red" Allen, is scheduled to be

As a lover of bluegrass and local jam sessions, I'm holding a "Winner's Choice" Raffle: A BR70 Blueridge Guitar or $500 cash. The guitar has a retail value of $850.00. Proceeds will support the free

Richard Thompson has a put together a fine report on the renaming ceremonies in Bristol honoring WCYB. Gary Reid of Copper Creek Records and Penny Parsons of the Penny Parsons Company also contributed to this story. The Farm and Fun Time

Tony Trischka is making a stop on his Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular tour to Chaplin's the Music Cafe in Spring City, PA. Tony is giving an intimate 3 hour banjo workshop the afternoon of the show. Space will

Mike Bucayu of First Quality Musical Supply in Louisville, KY has announced that Bill Sullivan, who founded the company nearly 40 years ago, passed away this afternoon. Anyone who plays bluegrass music - at any level - has quite probably

Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have recently published a lengthy piece on guitarist, singer and songwriter John Lowell. John will be on the faculty of the 2008 Sore Fingers bluegrass camp in England, where he will teach songwriting. The article covers a

Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments recently introduced a new instrument to it's catalog, the Octar Mandolin. The Octar is an octave mandolin built on a guitar body with a carved top and f-hole style sound holes. It is being offered in both

One of the endearing aspects of bluegrass music is the way that we treat our early pioneers. Instead of being shuffled to the sidelines, the founders of our music are celebrated by current bluegrass artists, and the larger audience generally