The Bluegrass Mix is bringing a new show into their roster on Monday (4/8) when True Blue Radio, hosted by Leevon DeCourley, goes out over the Internet. The show will be recorded each week in the studios of Pure Country C106.1, KWKZ-FM in Cape Girardeau,
I can be something of a language bore, and it simply offends my sensibilities to type the word "forums." I can hear my dearly departed mother, a life-long English teacher, correcting my usage: "The plural of forum is fora!" But this
Here's a somber sounding new video from Germany. It's a new release from The Wortmann Brothers, featuring Ulrich Wortmann on banjo and vocals. Watching the video for the first time, with its gray, gritty industrial scenes and lonesome banjo accompaniment, I thought
Jaywalkers is an interesting and eclectic English string band from southeast of Liverpool who have developed quite a reputation among fans of modern acoustic music in the UK. They have a pair of albums, Early For A Thursday and 16
Since the International Bluegrass Music Association was formerly chartered in 1985, we've seen it grow and change as all trade organizations do. And like any group with a strong contingent of traditionalists, IBMA has members and followers who have resisted
Good Ol' Persons are staging a reunion tonight, Wednesday April 3, at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA. The line-up for this reunion is Kathy Kallick (guitar), John Reischman (mandolin), Sally Van Meter (resophonic guitar), and Trisha Gagnon (bass). The quartet
Joan Harrison has been the banjo picker and lead singer with New York's Too Blue this past 15 years. She has also written material for the band, some of it included on their 2011 CD, Trouble With The Grey. When not playing the
Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013 issue. They will continue to offer a print edition, mailed out just as it has been for 40 years,
With the fundraising deadline having been extended to August, bluegrass music enthusiasts continue raising money for the proposed new International Bluegrass Music Center in Owensboro, KY. The extension in time means that the museum can continue to accept donations. Staff members say
We've written many times on Bluegrass Today about country star Dierks Bentley's love for bluegrass music. Even before the release of his 2010 bluegrass album, Up On The Ridge, Bentley had recorded and performed with The Grascals, and shared the
