• BBJF 2009 update

    In an open letter to Friends, Donors, Supporters, and those with an interest in the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation Inc. (BBJF), the foundation has announced details regarding the progress that the organization has made in its mission to preserve the

  • MoJam in Jersey

    In some parts of the country jams are easy to find. In Nashville it's not at all uncommon to find a jam with a "superstar" picker or two involved. In New Jersey that might prove more difficult, unless you attend

  • Super Bowl

    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Day 17 – Special C on tour

    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Long time, no ‘Net

    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Lincoln in the Land of Bluegrass

    The International Bluegrass Music Museum is getting ready to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. You didn't know Lincoln was a bluegrasser? He was. Well maybe not in a bluegrass music sense. But he was a native Kentuckian. The Museum's celebration takes the

  • A better way to book bluegrass?

    Music Think Tank has a post up today with an idea for a better way to book shows for live music. The idea is that instead of looking at past performances and trying to guess how many people might show up

  • Photos from the Pick One tour

    The Pick One concert tour we told you about in December has largely come and gone, taking a star-studded bluegrass package show to Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia in early January. Instead of presenting bands that perform together normally, artists