Bluegrass At Large

Our pal Wichita Rutherford, the host of 5 Minutes With Wichita and the first podcaster to sign a deal with SIRIUS Satellite Radio, or any form of major media for that matter, now has a blog entitled Wichita's Blog, wherein

After looking over some of the old posts I just mentioned in the last post, I thought it would be interesting to bring you an update of our first news post. It was July of 2005 and we reported to

Mandolin Cafe is reporting that Rigel Mandolins has ceased production and is going out of business. Rigel was noted for unorthodox design and construction techniques, and their instruments were championed by a number of mando-enthusiasts who embraced the sometimes radical

The following is a Guest Contribution from Mike Wagner and Patrick Skerrett, who up until quite recently ran the popular live audio file trading site, Bluegrassbox.com. Their site has been discussed a good bit of late, starting with a Guest

The Walk of Stars in Hollywood is now going to have a counterpart in Nashville, a thoroughfare offering a constellation of five-pointed stars honoring the city's achievers "? the singers, musicians, songwriters, producers and executives who've put the music into

BillBoard is reporting that legendary rock act the Byrds will be in the spotlight again with the release of a four-CD/one-DVD boxed set There Is a Season, on Sept. 26 via Columbia/Legacy. The project was personally overseen by group members

Rhonda Vincent has been described as the Queen of Bluegrass Music on more than one occasion, but on September 1, it will become official. The folks who put on the National Old Time Country & Bluegrass Music Festival in Missouri

David Russell with The Bluegrass Journal reports that this past weekend's benefit concert for Ernie Thacker was a great success. It was held in Flat Rock, MI. The show kicked off at 2:00 PM and carried on through to 9:00 PM.

The Gibson company has set up a Memorial Fund for the family of Charlie Derrington, whose tragic death in a highway accident we reported last week. Charlie was a valuable (some would say indispensable) employee at Gibson's acoustic instruments division,

This past weekend marked the 30th anniversary of Stompin' 76, a huge music festival held near Galax, VA. Estimates of the attendance ranged between 70,000 and 100,000 people over three days. The festival was promoted by Hal Abramson, a young