Bluegrass At Large

The Knoxville News Sentinel ran a feature on Sunday (8/12) on Cheerful Diligence, a group of young bluegrass pickers from Russia who are spending their summer in East Tennessee. The five college students are in the US as a part

We just received a note from our friend Richard Hawkins, who operates The Bluegrass Ireland Blog, and also contributes to The European Bluegrass Blog. He wanted to let us know of the upcoming attempt to set the Guinness Book banjo

Italian flatpicker Roberto Dalla Vecchia will be touring in the US later this year, performing with Mark Cosgrove and conducting workshops. He will be spending time here in November and December, and is still looking for some additional dates while

The Otis Mountain Music Festival will hold its fifth annual event on August 17th and 18th in Elizabethtown, NY along route 9 between the route 73 split and Elizabethtown. This festival has been moving its date and searching for

Regular readers of Bluegrass Today know that we always like to highlight the efforts of young bluegrass musicians - and the people who assist them in learning to play. We have a number of stories we would like to share

If you're anywhere near the NYC metro area you shouldn't miss this year's bluegrass festival at Staten Island's Historic Richmond Town. It's great music in a setting that's sort of a mini Colonial Williamsburg...and this year it's FREE! Jesse McReynolds,

The new Grasstowne CD "The Road Headin Home" on Pinecastle Records was released yesterday on August 8th. We really appreciate all the attention this project has been receiving from radio and fans. We are also very happy to to pass

Tendonitis is one of those things musicians fear, along with airplanes and clowns, but often don't know how to prevent. Tendonitis is basically a tender tendon caused by inflammation or microscopic tears in the tendon's sheath. Tendonitis is closely related to

Check this band out!!! Holy Smokes are they good! http://youtube.com/watch?v=A25id5EJWHY Web URL: http://www.thehillbillygypsies.com MySpace Account: http://www.myspace.com/thehillbillygypsies YouTube Live Videos from PA: "Forever Blue" http://youtube.com/watch?v=A25id5EJWHY&mode=related&search= "Muleskinner"

I've posted a new set of bluegrass pictures taken during the last year here.  I hope you enjoy them.  Look for a preview of the upcoming Otis Mountain Music Festival in a day or so.  - Ted www.tedlehmann.blogspot.com