It's not often that we find bluegrass content on Fox's American Idol program. But last night's (3/26/14) episode found contestant C.J. Harris singing an understated, acoustic version of If It Hadn't Been Love, written by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson of
For residents and travelers in the western parts of Virginia and North Carolina, and east Tennessee, the Blue Ridge Parkway is a landmark of many years' duration. The road runs more than 450 miles through the Appalachian Mountains, through both
The Americana Music Association is inviting members to submit nominations for the the 2014 Americana Honors & Awards, which will be announced during their Americana Music Festival & Conference (9/17-21) in Nashville. Categories include best album, song, artist, emerging artist, instrumentalist and duo/group
Back in 2012 we did a feature on Feed & Seed, a unique music venue in Fletcher, NC housed in what was once a thriving local business, Fletcher Supply Company. It was part hardware store and part seed mill serving the
The Track by Track concept has long been a popular one with music broadcasters. Simply stated, a radio host and an artists sit down in the studio to discuss each track of an artist's new release, as they play through
Darol Anger quickly reached monster status when he debuted with the David Grisman Quintet at 21 years of age in 1977. He went on to co-found the innovative Turtle Island Quartet and record more than a dozen albums, both under
Pinecastle Records' Ethan Burkhardt shared some news today about what they have in the pipeline for 2014. They have just recently released a new CD for bassist/vocalist Matt Wallace, and had previously announced one coming from reso-man Phil Leadbetter and
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced some changes for the 2014 World of Bluegrass events. This will be second year in their new location of Raleigh, NC, running from September 30 through October 4. Over those five days, IBMA will
FreshGrass, an aggressive new music festival launched last year at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, has acquired the Americana/folk publication, No Depression. No Depression began as a print journal in 1995, publishing bi-monthly with a focus on alt-country music.
Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie will celebrate this month's release of their latest CD, Dancin' Annie, with a live radio broadcast tonight (3/21) on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Emerson, of course, is a true legend in the banjo world, having performed as a
