Events

  • Tom T. Hall enters Country Music Hall of Fame

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    This past Sunday evening, Tom T. Hall was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with the Statler Brothers. Tom T. has long been associated with bluegrass music. He got his start playing in a bluegrass band. He spent

  • Cracker Barrel’s Rural Roots Music Fest

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    Bluegrass artists are having an increasingly difficult time finding retail outlets for their recorded works. Wal-mart is all but inaccessable, and the brick and morter record shops are closing faster than a lick from Johnny Butten's banjo. Could Cracker Barrel become

  • Fuel and Festival Attendance

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    In mid April we ran a poll asking our readers if they anticipated attending fewer festivals this season due to rising fuel prices. We had just over 500 readers participate in that poll with 58% saying that they would attend

  • KET’s Jubilee attractions

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    With gas prices making festival attendance more doubtful, for many, bluegrass on television perhaps becomes more attractive than hitherto. Recently, I was alerted to the appearance on Kentucky Educational Television's Jubilee stage of California's High Country, one of the West Coast's

  • Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman, Summer 2008

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    The 2008 series of Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman begins this Thursday, June 26. The annual summer series of shows staged at the so-called mother church of country music, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, will include appearances by Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs,

  • Ned and Cindy do the Awards Show

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    The IBMA has announced that Cindy Baucom and Ned Luberecki will be the producers for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards show. They will be tasked with coordinating the artists who will perform and the many presenters who will announce

  • Unlimited Tradition reunion

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    Rudy Fest 2008 in Grayson, KY will host a special reunion performance by Unlimited Tradition, featuring the members of the band at the time they recorded their 1998 Doobie Shea CD, She's Gone. The June 28 show will feature Ray Craft

  • Bean Blossom – The Show Must Go On

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    Over the weekend a series of severe storms inundated Indiana with rain. Many festival goers have been wondering if the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival would go on as scheduled, or be canceled due to the inclement weather. We received news

  • More bluegrass at CMA Music Fest

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    We've found out about a few more bluegrass happenings during this weekend's Country Music Association Music Festival and Fan Fair. The Grascals have a full day there in Nashville on Sunday (6/8). They have a Fan Fair Booth in the morning,

  • Save Bean Blossom foundation forms

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    In November last year Jim Peva gave notice of the impending sale of the Bill Monroe Memorial Park and Campground, home of the famous Bean Blossom bluegrass festivals. More recently, he informed us of current plans. Following on from that comes