Bluegrass At Large

There is an entire sub-genre of bluegrass, referred to as Jewgrass, performed by Jewish musicians around the country. A recent Harvard grad even wrote an award winning scholarly piece about the history of such music and I'll be publishing an

Hi folks I just wanted to let you know about tonight's season finale/Christmas Special of The Misty Valley Boys' BIG BLUEGRASS SHOW! on WGSR-TV39 from Reidsville, NC. This show will be a 1 hour long Christmas Special with special guests Johnny &

We got a note recently from Abe Wechter at Wechter Guitars about their new Plek fret dressing machine which they use to set up new guitars prior to shipping. The device is a German-made, computer-assisted apparatus that does a

Dollywood has announced the dates and locations for their 2007 audition tour. These auditions are for singers, actors, musicians, dancers, technicians and specialty acts who are interested in employment at the park during the 2007 season (March 31-December 30). They

Just wanted to pass along the latest news about Big Country Bluegrass. As all of you know there has been ALOT of changes in band personnel here lately. BCB has not been immune to this since we lost our banjo

A sold out Variety Playhouse was the scene of a great show this past Saturday night (12/16) in Atlanta. Doc Watson is a Playhouse favorite and always packs in plenty of loyal fans when he visits. Everyone was

John McGann is one of acoustic string music's more prolific instrumentalists and educators. He is the 1985 national mandolin champion, and has performed and recorded with a who's who of bluegrass, newgrass, celtic and folk artists. He operates his own

Boston-based quartet Crooked Still is heading back to the UK in January 2007. They have four dates in England (1/21-24), followed by an appearance at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on the 25th. Find info on all their dates on

WAMU's www.bluegrasscountry.org is airing Bob Webster's Labor Day interview with bluegrass stylist Larry Sparks for several more days.  Log on to bluegrasscountry to see the schedule and enjoy!

Last month, we passed along some information about The Sparrow Quartet's lengthy tour of China. The quartet includes Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle, and Ben Sollee on cello. Casey created a slide show of photos