• IBMA Youth Council deadline this week

    If you attended the 2013 Wide Open Bluegrass festival in Raleigh, NC, you may recall the IBMA Youth Council stage set up just outside the convention center. Here the organization was showcasing talented young bands (under 25), offering them a chance

  • Larry Sparks releases Bitterweeds

    Lonesome and Then Some is truly an album we've been waiting 50 years to hear. It's Larry Sparks' 50th anniversary record, and it's coming August 5 from Rebel Records. You may remember the superb 40 album, released to coincide with Larry's

  • Future Folk on the road

    Attention Sci-Fi bluegrass fans across the US! Future Folk is on the prowl, promoting their film, The History of Future Folk, performing live, and taking questions from the audience. The movie is a fun farce about a pair of aliens sent

  • BMAI picks up two former SPBGMA festivals

    Members and followers of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America are probably aware of the fact that SPBGMA founder Chuck Stearman has been in declining health, and that the activities of the organization have been circumscribed this

  • Fiddlin’ Joe from Flamekeeper

    Compass Records has released a first look at one of the songs from On Down The Line, the upcoming album from Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. It's a lilting song written by Mark Brinkman called Fiddlin' Joe which will be the album's

  • Behind The Mic with Jerry Mills

    There are very few all-bluegrass radio stations these days, and the ones that do exist are mostly on the Internet. That means bluegrass DJs must carve out a space of their own on a radio station with a somewhat different

  • Live concert DVD from Dailey & Vincent

    For Dailey & Vincent fans, it's no secret that catching them live is the best way to enjoy their music. Sure, their recordings demonstrate the duo's stunning vocal abilities and arrangements, their knack for choosing - and writing - a good