• Stephanie Ledgin gets Charlie Lamb Award

    Here's another post from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard 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. James E Akenson has announced that

  • Save your hearing

    Take your vitamins. That's the word from Colleen Le Prell, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan. Le Prell works in the university's Kresge Hearing Research Institute, and has been studying the effects of vitamins on hearing loss. Admittedly, her studies thus

  • The Greencards

    I heard a very interesting bluegrass band with members from Australia and the UK called The Greencards on the Mar. 23 Grand Ole Opry that really made an impression on me.  They were introduced as having the #1 selling CD

  • Ralph Stanley’s 80th Birthday Dinner

    Dr. Ralph Stanley will be celebrating his 80th Birthday tonight at a dinner to support The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood, VA. The dinner begins at 6 PM at Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, TN.

  • Tater Tate benefit show and fund

    Here's a chance for bluegrass lovers everywhere to "give back" to a man who has contributed mightily to the development of our music. Clarence "Tater" Tate, who spent many years on stage as a member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, is

  • Download the 2007 Recording King catalog

    The Recording King banjo and guitar company has made its 2007 catalog available online as a PDF download. It includes photos, descriptions and individual specifications for their line of resonator and open back 5 string banjos, and their cowboy-themed Western Collectible

  • DiscoverBluegrass.com seeks artist submissions

    The International Bluegrass Music Association's marketing effort to bring new listeners into the fold, Discover Bluegrass, has a revamped web site, and encourages IBMA members to take advantage of some of the promotional opportunities offered via DiscoverBluegrass.com. The site now will