• Repost: James King interview from 2014

    Given last week's loss of the great James King, it seems fitting to repost this interview we did with him during the 2014 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. Funeral services for King are being held today at 2:00 p.m. At

  • Mountain Heart backstage at The Opry

    The newest iteration of Mountain Heart got to play the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend, and used the occasion to capture their song, Have You Heard About The Old Hometown, on video backstage. Their new album, Blue Skies, includes

  • Foggy Mountain Troubadour out today

    Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler a much anticipated biography by Penny Parsons is published today, Monday, May 23, 2016. It would be foolhardy to say that John Ray ‘Curly’ Seckler was a side-man; that is forgetting

  • Bobby Osborne talks to Net Radio Dogs

    During last month's Bobby Osborne tribute in Bristol, TN, Bobby sat down with Rick Dollar of NetRadioDogs for a fifteen minute interview about his long career in bluegrass music. Amidst the backstage craziness at the Paramount Center for the Arts, with

  • The Bluegrass Mix is down and out

    While it seemed earlier this year that they had found a way to continue operating their 24/7 bluegrass music stream online, it now appears that The Bluegrass Mix is off the air for good. Station operator Roger Randolph confirmed this morning what we

  • The Tide video from The Lonely Heartstring Band

    Rounder Records has released a music video and a pair of singles from Deep Waters, their debut project for Boston's Lonely Heartstrings Band. The label is very high on this young band, who combine bluegrass instrumentation and techniques with original songs

  • Special video from James Reams

    Bluegrass balladeer James Reams has released yet another music video from his current album, Rhyme & Season. Special is a train song James has thought about recording for some time, and decided to include on this project which he uses to explore the

  • Have a listen to Loose Strings

    As part of our effort to introduce some of the 2016 Bluegrass Ramble acts invited by the IBMA to showcase at this year's World of Bluegrass convention, we offer today a couple of videos from Loose Strings. A few of

  • Fine Times At Our House video from Kaia Kater

    A good many serious bluegrass fans were surprised by some of the names on the list of IBMA's 2016 World of Bluegrass Showcase artists invited to perform at their convention in Raleigh, NC later this year. Some were new acts understandably unfamiliar