Each year the International Bluegrass Music Association presents a Songwriter Showcase during their World Of Bluegrass Convention. A number of songwriters are chosen each year by a selection committee to perform their songs before the assembled audience of artists, producers, and
Graham McDonald, Australian builder of fine mandolins, mandocellos, and bouzoukis, is doing a valiant service for the 8 string community with his upcoming book, The Mandolin - a history. Using a focus on individual builders as a theme, McDonald's book follows the
Classic Country Radio, a mini-conglomerate of three advertiser-supported radio stations in southern Ohio, is celebrating their 20th Anniversary on the air this month. What started as an old, broken-down facility at WBZI in Xenia has grown under the direction of Joe
The projected new Guinness Book World Record for Largest Mandolin Ensemble, set yesterday at the Old Fiddler's Convention at Felt's Park in Galax, VA, was celebrated by WSLS television, the NBC affiliate station in Roanoke, about 2.5 hours away. A crush of
Here's some bluegrass fun from The Wortman Brothers of Germany. They have devised a computer game featuring themselves using MIT's Scratch programming language. The object of Bluegrass Battle is to maneuver the two bluegrass musicians, representing the Wortmanns, to safety. Game play involves
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a new music video for Diggin' Up Bones, one of 13 country hits which they have recut in a bluegrass style for their current Country Grass CD on Pinecastle Records. The original was a
If you might ever be conflicted about whether The Sam Bush Band has forgotten their bluegrass roots, this recent video they filmed for the online program, One On One, should eradicate any doubts. When the band was in New York in
It has just been announced that the nominees for the 26th Annual International Bluegras Music Awards will be revealed on Wednesday, August 12 during a special live broadcast on SiriusXM channel 61, Bluegrass Junction. The show will air from 11:00 a.m.
The International Bluegrass Music Museum, located in Owensboro, KY, has announced Chris Joslin of Nashville as their new Executive Director. He will assume these duties on September 1. Joslin has experience in both the worlds of business and bluegrass. Educated in Tennessee,
Nope. That's an easy answer. This early taste from the CD, Stash!, expected soon from Boston-based guitarist/vocalist Stash Wyslouch - late of The Deadly Gentlemen - explores Wyslouch's personal musical experiment with acoustic metal. Prior to coming to bluegrass, Stash was consumed with
