Bristol Virginia's Mountain Music Museum unveiled a permanent Larry Sparks exhibit this past Saturday (10/15). Larry was in attendance, where he spoke briefly and performed with the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band. The Museum is a project of the Appalachian Cultural Music Association,
A new live performance video is available from Sarah Jarosz's visit to the UK this summer to perform at the 2011 Americana Festival in Newcastle. It was shot by the folks at Amber, a Newcastle film and photographic archive and
Pert Near Sandstone is a string band from Minnesota's Twin Cities who play a raucous blend of bluegrass and old time music. Their fourth CD, Paradise Hop, is due November 15 as an independent release. The band consists of Nate Sipe on mandolin
A third sneak peek video is out in advance of the October 24 release of The Goat Rodeo Sessions. This superstar project features four renowned instrumentalists, each widely-acknowledged as among the finest to ever play their instruments. Chris Thile is on mandolin,
Another band that made some waves at IBMA 2011 is Della Mae, who not only played some solid music at several late night showcases, but helped smash a number of stereotypes along the way. They perform without a banjo, in complete
Dailey & Vincent are set to perform on tonight's (10/13) special Thursday edition of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. The Thursday show is billed as Opry Country Classics, bringing a number of long-time Opry favorites back to the show. Dailey &
Josh Kohn with the National Council for the Traditional Arts reminded us about a show tonight (10/12) by Linda Lay & Springfield Exit at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Linda has been a fixture on the bluegrass scene for many
The universally popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is to feature Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys next month. While activities to mark the centennial of Bill Monroe’s birth look to be taking place right through to the end of the
Gimme All Your Lovin' is the title of a new music video from Austin's Whiskey Shivers, a track from their current CD, Batholith. The band consists of Bobby Fitzgerald on fiddle and lead vocals, Andrew VanVoorhees on bass, Horti Martín on guitar, and Joe
One of the aspects of Bluegrass Today we are most proud to celebrate is our Weekly Playlist Chart, which measures actual radio spins within our market. The response from artists, labels and radio programmers since we launched two weeks ago has
