We received a statement this afternoon from Tim White, former host of the Song Of The Mountains television program, syndicated to dozens of PBS affiliates around the US. The live bluegrass performance vehicle has been in the news of late owing to
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Lorraine Jordan talks Country Grass
Lorraine Jordan has been teasing us all with talk about her upcoming album, Country Grass, this past few months. It's a concept record where she and her crack bluegrass band team up with some of the most celebrated singers in
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Mountain Faith on America’s Got Talent
America's Got Talent has begun its 10th season on NBC television, and there may be a reason for bluegrass fans to set aside Tuesday nights to follow the program this next few months. Young North Carolina band Mountain Faith has
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Jens Kruger interview now available from Radford
Bud Bennett has posted a third in his series of intensive video interviews with banjo legends. Following the terrific multi-part vidoes with Butch Robins and Sammy Shelor, Bud now has one with Swiss/German five string master, Jens Kruger. In a pair
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Song Of The Mountains update
We reached Sean Kotz with Horse Archer Productions again this afternoon, and he shared a minor update on the situation with The Lincoln Theatre Board and the status of Song Of The Mountains, the PBS-syndicated, live-performance television program. Production of unaired
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Fiddlin’ Around video from Jeff Austin
Prog-grasser Jeff Austin has released a live video of he and the Jeff Austin Band performing Fiddlin' Around from his current album, The Simple Truth, at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. Featured with Jeff on mandolin and vocals are
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New Foghorn Stringband video
Portland's Foghorn Stringboard has just released a clever music video for Columbus Stockade Blues, one of the tracks on their current Devil In The Seat CD. It finds the band all over Portland, laying down the old time groove in antique
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Another wrinkle in the Song Of The Mountains saga
A new wrinkle has developed in the ongoing trials of Song Of The Mountains, the popular PBS program featuring live bluegrass and old time music, currently airing on more than 120 television affiliates in the US. Last week the Board of
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Rhonda and the Rage DVD shoot
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage are set to record another live concert DVD, a decade after her first, Ragin' Live, was released by Rounder Records in 2015. Filming is set for next Monday and Tuesday at the Bethel Performing Arts Center,
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Béla and Abby go full metal banjo
If you are an online comedy aficionado, you may be familiar with a site called The AV Club, which is a kissin' cousin to the popular parody news site, The Onion. Fun music videos are a big part of their









