Ashley Lewis generated quite a buzz a few weeks ago when 10 tracks from her new CD, Captivated, landed on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart at the same time. On Saturday afternoon (5/17) she'll be the special guest on WMAK's Mother's Best Flour
For several years the International Bluegrass Music Association had been wanting to do something to nurture and support filmmakers whose work relates to bluegrass music and/or culture. But adding new features to their already jam-packed week of activities was something of a
Australia's Davidson Brothers, Hamish and Lachlan, have completed work on a new album, Wanderlust, which is due to hit on June 20. The brothers are the continent's most celebrated bluegrass act, and are also quite popular in the thriving Aussie country
Dolly Parton's new release, Blue Smoke, isn't really a bluegrass album, though she does include a number of songs with a grassy feel. Among them are the all-time favorite, Banks Of The Ohio, Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, which has
Here's a bluegrass match made in heaven, for those of you who were unable to attended the first annual Five String Fest in North Carolina earlier this month. J.D. Crowe sat in with The Boxcars, and the folks at Mountain Home
The Deadly Gentlemen can't wait for their next album to get new music in front of their fans. They've released a video for a new song, Thieving In The Evening, which banjo man and primary songwriter Greg Liszt says is a contemporary
Earlier today, the International Bluegrass Music Association and the city of Raleigh, NC announced that they have extended their contract to host the annual World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh for an additional three years. When the IBMA/Raleigh partnership was
Here's a video recently received by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. It came from one of their fans in Rome, Dodo Versino, who taught his mixed choir the band's arrangement of We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles And Trials, from their
Young Liam Purcell was the recipient of a music scholarship from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation's Play It Forward program, allowing him to attend the Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy during last weekend's Five String Fest in North Carolina. Liam lives in nearby Deep
We have learned that Ray Davis, long time afternoon host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, is being treated for cancer. Ray retired from radio in 2013, after spending 65 years of his life broadcasting in the DC market, 28 of them
