Bluegrass At Large

Stop The Presses........Stop The Presses Current mood: excited Category: Really Excited Music Yeah that's right Stop the Presses.........The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz have gone and done it.  We HAVE recorded a new CD and it is now out and available for purchase.  We

This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a semi-regular contributor here at Bluegrass Today. He is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. The University Of Illinois Press

Just about a year ago, we posted about a new, two year college program to study bluegrass music being launched in Kentucky. At the time, we noted that the first class was not to be enrolled until the Fall '07

5-String Banjo Workshop with Tim Wiedenkeller Sunday, February 4, 2-5 pm Location: 150 South 4th Avenue (downtown at the Tucson Yoga Studio) Tucson, AZ. Topics include: bluegrass (Scruggs) style, melodic and single-string techniques, chordal techniques, playing with others (lead & backup), timing, rhythm &

Kim Gardner, resophonic guitarist with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and his wife Geri welcomed their daughter, Karsten Rae Gardner, into the world on January 14, 2007. All are reported to be doing well. Congratulations to the proud new parents!

Licensing Solution Enables Immediate Availability of Live Concert Recordings The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), the premier U.S. mechanical rights organization, announced today that it is now offering mechanical licensing for "Express Live" CDs and permanent digital downloads (DPDs). This license

December 6, 2004  The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), the premier U.S. mechanical rights organization, announced today that it is now offering mechanical licensing for "Express Live" CDs and permanent digital downloads (DPDs). This license is targeted at companies that enable

Our friends at The European Bluegrass Blog have noted that Claire Lynch has scheduled a one-week European tour for the first week of May '07. She'll perform in Austria, Holland and Germany, and promoter Karl Heinz Siber indicates particular excitement about

We walk up Main Street in Conway, SC to a small store front with an unobtrusive yellow banner hanging outside the door. "State of SC Award Winning Luthier" it reads. We walk in to see Jennings

BBC Radio 4 FM carried a 30 minute program yesterday on the history of the banjo. It is set to air again on January 29 from 11:00-11:30 p.m. (GMT), but it can also be heard on the BBC web site