• 2011 AMA Awards announcement live online

    Today's (5/23) press conference to announce the 2011 Honors & Awards nominees from the Americana Music Association will be streamed live online. The announcements will be made from the Gibson Showroom in New York city starting at 2:30 p.m. (EDT). Roseanne

  • Carter Brothers – Road To Roosky

    I spoke last week with Tim Carter, who filled me in on a new project he recently completed with his brother Danny as The Carter Brothers. You might think of Tim and Danny as the black sheep cousins of The Carter

  • Dimming Of The Day video

    Rounder has released a full length video for Dimming Of The Day, another stellar track from Alison Krauss & Union Station's Paper Airplane CD. The song comes from Richard Thompson, one of England's most prolific contemporary songwriters, also noted as an

  • Win an LM-500 mandolin

    The good folks at The Music Link are offering mandolinists a chance to grab an LM-500 from The Loar for $0.00. All you have to do to enter is visit The Loar on Facebook, and click the Like button. The contest

  • Big news from Rob Ickes

    When we spoke with Rob Ickes earlier this week, he had some exciting news to share. First off, he had just found out that he will be featured on the cover of Guitar Player magazine in August. The editorial staff told

  • Job opening at Bluegrass Country

    We've all heard about how tough the job market is these days, and some of us have had personal experience that bears it out. But if you are a radio pro in, or willing to relocate to DC, WAMU's Bluegrass

  • The Real Bluegrass Book

    Hal Leonard has released a new fake book for bluegrass musicians  - and for anyone who might want to add a few bluegrass standards to their repertoire. The Real Bluegrass Book includes more than 300 songs across 432 pages, presented in

  • SoHo video from Milk Drive

    Austin alt-acousticians Milk Drive have released a first music video from their debut studio project, Road From Home. The song is SoHo, written by fellow-Austinian Drew Smith. They shot the video (produced and directed by Mike Abb) at a friend's house

  • The Captain video from Toy Hearts

    The Toy Hearts, featuring British bluegrass sisters Hannah and Sophia Johnson, have released a video for the latest single from their Femme Fatale project. The song is The Captain, written and sung by the lovely Miss Hannah, with able support from

  • Taylor Swift Mean video

    Is this good for the banjo, or for bluegrass? I mean Taylor Swift is among the biggest stars in country music. Sure, she's strumming on a six string banjo, but the video also features acoustic guitar, mandolin and fiddle. OK... there are