Media

With so much sad and depressing news on Bluegrass Today this week, the time seems ripe for something a bit more fun, and the May 2010 issue of Banjo NewsLetter has just the thing. The cover story is an interview with

If you have young children at home - or are exposed to much television advertising - you know about Furry Vengeance, a new theatrical film from Summit Entertainment. The premise is a fairly common Hollywood morality play where venal developers

We have mentioned Rambler's Call a few times of late, the fine album from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, released on Rebel Records in March. Joe is among the finest traditional style banjo players and tenor singers in bluegrass,

We heard recently from Gian Luca Naldi, banjo picker with Italian bluegrassers Bononia Grass. The band has been recording in Bologna, working on their second CD release, which they hope to have out sometime this summer. Luca sent along this video

The Austin Chronicle has a piece, published on April 28, about the most recent taping of Austin City Limits the night before. Featured on the program, which will air nationally on PBS at a later date, was young Texas songstress Sarah

Congratulations to the winners in our Still Inside comment contest. They will each receive a copy of Still Inside - The Tony Rice Story from Word Of Mouth Press. Tony chose the winners from a list of finalists compiled by co-author

Also in mailboxes this week is the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles, with a handsome photo of Don Rigsby on the cover. There is also an in-depth and very candid interview with Don on the inside. He discusses his intense

With the upcoming May 2010 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, Lee Michael Demsey will celebrate 20 years compiling National Bluegrass Survey, the singles and album chart that has appeared in the magazine since 1990. The chart debuted in the May 1990 issue,

As promised, here is video of Mountain Heart at the Suwannee River Jam last weekend. These two clips follow the guys in the backstage artist area, on the bus, singing the National Anthem to kick off the event, and then

The next edition of Cindy Baucom's Knee Deep In Bluegrass will focus on Tom T. and Dixie Hall, celebrated songwriters whose commitment to bluegrass of late has been widely reported. Not only have they written dozens of songs recorded by