Bluegrass At Large

Hi ya'll! I am proud to announce that tonight's special guest on The Misty Valley Boys' BIG BLUEGRASS SHOW! is fiddlin' great Tim Smith!! Tim has had a storied career in bluegrass music and perhaps one of his most notable gigs

AcuTab Publications has released their first fiddle instructional DVD, for JD Crowe & The New South fiddler, and celebrated session player, Ron Stewart. Entitled Playing Fiddle In The Bluegrass Style, it features Ron demonstrating ten songs and tunes he has

Earlier this month we brought you news that Wichita Rutherford had announced his campaign for the office of Mayor of Bluegrass. We've been carefully watching his campaign, along with that of competitor Trent Dobbins. Wichita recently visited Washington to share

Jer Boon just wrote in to tell us about a blog that has just launched for British bluegrassers. UKBluegrass.com aims to provide all the information bluegrass musicians and fans in the UK might need. They plan to post news about gig

I don't think any artist or group could have come up with a better compilation than Nickel Creek's Reasons Why. The compilation is unique in that it's not exactly a greatest hits cd. A number of songs made the album that

The New Horizons International Music Association sponsors local orchestras, bands, and choral groups, and most of the people involved are mid-life to older adults. Four years ago, however, the first New Horizons Bluegrass Band came into existence in Spokane,

Pete Seeger's banjo recently ended up in the International Bluegrass Music Museum. Back in the mid 1960's Seeger had a television show that aired on WNJU-TV in New York. 38 episodes of Rainbow Quest were aired, during which Seeger interviewed

Our friends at Mandolin Cafe have a unique item in their online store sure to please mandolinists on your holiday gift list. It's a coffee mug with a mandolin chord chart printed around the cup surface - it's two gifts in

There are a lot of bluegrass songs that reference cabins. Not the resort kind of cabin, I'm talking about the real deal, cabins people actually lived in. On the day after Thanksgiving I thought I'd direct your attention to a

On this day when those of us in the United States pause to reflect on the many blessings in our lives, Brance and I want to take a moment to express our gratitude to those of you who have supported