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The newest video from country music superstars Rascal Flatts is the debut single from their upcoming album, Charged, due April 3. Though not a specifically bluegrass song, the title is Banjo, and the message is one of getting far enough away

First generation bluegrass pioneers regularly performed in schools, during an era when schoolhouses were the center of activity in communities. Such performances, however, were generally held in the evenings for audiences comprised of the general public. As educational programs and funding

Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend, and while digital clocks and appliances have made re-setting less of an issue, the advent of the time change does still herald a number of important milestones. It means that college basketball is coming to

A 4 minute trailer has been released from The Porchlight Sessions, a new documentary film from Anna Schwaber that seeks to provide a more accurate glimpse into the culture of bluegrass music and bluegrass people than is common provided in

I wondered recently what events might have conspired to take the now famous video of Josh Williams and his feathered friend into true viral status. Shot by pure chance by Ted Lehmann at the Doyle Lawson festival during the summer

The Josh Williams video we featured last week - the one where the little birdie lands on Josh's guitar mid song - is breaking even further into the mainstream. As we reported on March 1, this unscheduled guest spot had gone

We've posted several times about The Mountain Music Project, a documentary film which covers a musical journey of discovery from Appalachia to Nepal. The project follows a pair of Virginia pickers, Tara Lindhart and Danny Knicely, as they travel through the mountains

The guys in Monroeville have put together a clever video to promote the International Bluegrass Music Museum's annual ROMP festival in Owensboro, KY, the original home of the IBMA. It details their hunt in the Kentucky hills for the elusive ROMPSQUATCH. Funny

Michael Jonathan, long-time host of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, has announced that his live music program will soon be offered to cable subscribers of BlueHighways TV. This gives the show an enviable reach, as it is already carried

Long time IBMA staffer Nancy Cardwell has been selected by the organization's Board of Directors to serve as Interim Director until a permanent replacement for Dan Hays can be found. Hays resigned as Executive Director effective 2/29. Nancy has been with