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Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are written by noted bluegrass instructors (Janet Davis, Joe Carr and Steve Kaufman), and are available for download purchase as

The Berklee College of Music in Boston has announced that Wes Corbett has been hired as a banjo instructor, joining David Hollender in that capacity at the school. Corbett will serve as an Associate Professor on a part time basis,

Balsam Range will be featured on Friday's (8/12) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, performing material from their current CD, Trains I Missed. The shows airs at noon (EDT) from Knoxville, TN at 102.9 FM, and via live streaming online

Compass Records sent along a few behind-the-scenes photos from a video shoot last week for Dale Ann Bradley. It will result in a music video for Come Home Good Boy, the first single from her upcoming Somewhere South Of Crazy

Richard Thompson's piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Both wanted to share their personal reaction upon reading that piece, one looking

Here's some video shot backstage before Mountain Heart's recent performance on NPR's Mountain Stage, along with some extended clips from their live set on the broadcast. The show, which featured songs from the band's That Just Happened CD, was aired over

The August issue of Guitar Player magazine has bluegrass music's own Rob Ickes right there on the cover, where you'll more commonly find a metalhead with a threatening grimace. You can find the magazine on newsstands across the US, and

Here's video of Alison Krauss & Union Station performing Miles To Go from their Paper Airplane CD on ABC's The View last Friday morning.

Tom Adams has published an ebook of banjo tab transcriptions from Fired Up, the latest album by Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. The tabs are based on the playing of crackerjack picker Jessie Baker who tracked the record with Michael, but

Dailey & Vincent recently posted this bus rehearsal video of Ralph Stanley's Going To Georgia, which one assumes will soon be making its way into the boys' stage show. The song was initially recorded by Ralph and his Clinch Mountain Boys,