Bluegrass At Large

Pete Seeger and co-author Paul DuBois Jacobs were awarded the Schneider Family Book Award this week for their 2005 book, The Deaf Musicians. It is a story about a young musician who loses his hearing, and forms a band of

Due to inclement weather, the benefit concert for Jody King has been rescheduled for Sunday January 28, 3-6 pm at the Fairview Ruritan Club in Galax, VA. http://www.bluegrassingalax.com/JKing.html

This is bluegrass history brought to life! The long-awaited release of a new book, THE MEANING OF OUR TEARS tells the details and hidden secrets behind the story of the famous old ballad.  The old ballad, The Murder of the Lawson Family,

Steve Gulley, one of bluegrass and acoustic music's premier vocalists, has hired Jewell Designs to design and maintain his internet home.  Gulley has a new solo project titled "Sounds Like Home" that is scheduled for release in early February 2007.

If you are a mandolin player, or lover, here is a great opportunity for you. SoundArt Recordings is giving away several Apple iPods along with your choice of five CDs of mandolin music from the SoundArt Catalog as part of

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby played their first gig together last night at the Factory in Franklin, TN (just outside Nashville) for the TV taping of CMT Crossroads. They have a record together set to be released in March. Their

We posted about the Ricky Skaggs signature Master Model F5 mandolin when it was announced at IBMA '06, and again when it first appeared on Gibson's web site. The mandolin is being officially introduced this week at the Winter NAMM show,

We found two interesting articles online that should be of interest to banjo pickers, and folks who enjoy banjo music. The first is a piece in today's Washington Post (1/19/07) on John McEuen. Written by Post staffer Richard Harrington, the article

Parker Guitars has introduced their first acoustic/electric bass guitar, unveiled this week at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. Parker has been known primarily for building electric guitars and basses for rock musicians, but have more recently developed instruments

We received a note recently from Guillaume Veillet, who until about two months ago was a prominent roots and acoustic radio host in France. He had been a strong supporter of bluegrass and old time music on the air, and