Bluegrass At Large

I believe the phrase is "pool their ideas" not "pull." Now if they were to pull their ideas together, that would be correct also.

This post comes from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard F. Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

MasterShield Records is delighted to announce that two fine bluegrass bands have joined their label. From Harrisville, a little town in New York's rugged north country, come the unique and audience grabbing band, The Atkinson Family. They are a very traditional

A lot has been said recently about the increase in performance royalty rates for internet radio webcasters, and during the discussions it was mentioned that traditional broadcast radio is not currently subject to any sort of artist performance royalty. A

Takeharu Kunimoto is a popular personality in Japan, where he performs on the shamisen in the traditional rokyoku style, and  works as an actor, storyteller and narrator for children's movies. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, both on the

Doc Watson and The Gibson brothers will headline the first annual Mountain Music Meltdown in Saranac Lake, NY on June 30 - July 1. I've written a preview of this festival on my blog at www.tedlehmann.blogspot.com. The festival

The European Bluegrass Music Association has released some numbers on their recent European World Of Bluegrass events, which took place May 17-19 in Voorthuizen, the Netherlands. In this, their tenth annual festival, ticket sales were up by 20% over 2006,

We just received a note from Fred Bartenstein, sharing the sad news about the loss of a true pioneer of bluegrass music in Japan. Tatsuo "Harry" Arita is said to have brought the first Japanese bluegrass record to the United

Michael Kelly Guitar Company, located in Clearwater, Flordia, announced last week the production of several limited edition mandolin models. These special production mandolins will be released incrementally over the course of the next six months. Some are completely new models,

This post comes from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard F. Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Smithsonian Folkways has released Going