The Gibson Brothers are this week's focus on Track-By-Track, airing three times on Bluegrass Junction, the all-bluegrass channel on Sirius-XM. They will be on to highlight their latest CD, Ring the Bell, on Compass Records. All 12 songs from the project
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Alison Krauss at the White House
This morning's edition of the Washington Post has a review and pictures taken at yesterday evening's hour-long concert at the White House featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station, Charley Pride and Brad Paisley. The president began the evening by reflecting on
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Kathy Mattea, Hot Rize to host 2009 IBMA Awards
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Kathy Mattea and Hot Rize will be the co-hosts of the 2009 IBMA Awards Show. There have been a few years where hosting duties were split between a number of co-hosts, but this
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Toy Hearts on YouTube
Toy Hearts, one of Britain's top bluegrass acts, has a new video on YouTube. It's the title track of their current CD, When I Cut Loose, recorded earlier this month at the Ely Folk Festival in Ely Cambridgeshire, UK. The group is
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AKUS at The White House
Alison Krauss & Union Station will be in Washington, DC today (7/21) to help the Obamas celebrate American country music, and demonstrate the music to middle and high school students. There will be a workshop from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at The White
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Ask Doyle, final episode
Here is the final webisode in the Ask Doyle series, with Doyle Lawson talking about what keeps him going after so many years as a professional bluegrass entertainer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFUb62kY1IThis will be the last Q&A video with Doyle answering questions from fans.
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Dusters on KBAC in Santa Fe
The Infamous Stringdusters made a stop at KBAC in Santa Fe earlier this month during their ongoing swing through the western US. They appeared on a special daytime edition of KBAC's Toast and Jam show, which airs every Thursday evening. The
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AKUS on GAC
The GAC television network (Great American Country) has acquired the rights to re-air episodes from the PBS series Soundstage on their cable channel. These feature live, in-studio performances by top contemporary artists, and GAC will be showing the episodes with
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Bluegrass in Nashville: A Picker's Paradise
Monday's Washington Post included a special feature by Jedd Ferris, who explores the bluegrass scene in and around Nashville. Ferris, the managing editor of Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine in Charlottesville, VA, reminds readers about the historic links between bluegrass and Music
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Bluegrass gals on The Opry
This weekend's Grand Ole Opry has some of the ladies of bluegrass scheduled to perform. Both the reigning Queen and a trio of upstart challengers will be strutting their stuff on the Friday and Saturday night broadcasts. Rhonda Vincent will be
