WAMU's Bluegrass Country and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine have joined forces to bring a new monthly radio program to the air, starting this weekend. Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown will be broadcast on the last Saturday of each month from 11:00 a.m.
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‘Dusters video from Let’s Talk Live
Here's video from the performance from The Infamous Stringdusters earlier this week on Let's Talk Live, broadcast on Newschannel 8 in Washington, DC. The guys cut versions of Fork In The Road and Bound For Tennessee, before host Doug McElway joins
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Hillbilly Goddess video preview
Alecia Nugent's next CD, Hillbilly Goddess, isn't due for release until May 12, but it has already generated something of a buzz in the music world. Early reviews and response from radio have been solidly positive, and both Rounder Records
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Vintage LRB on YouTube
Lonesome River Band founder and former member Tim Austin has posted a number of video clips on YouTube from a 1993 concert in Ferrum, VA. This is shortly after the group starting making a big noise in bluegrass - just
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Caroline video from OCMS
Old Crow Medicine Show has released a music video for the song Caroline, from their 2008 CD, Tennessee Pusher. Give it a look and a listen below, courtesy of CMT.com, where several other OCMS videos can be found.
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Lost & Found on Sirius-XM
Lost & Found will be this week's feature on Track-By-Track, the new music program that runs on Bluegrass Junction, Sirius-XM's all-bluegrass channel. Host Kyle Cantrell will interview the members of the group about their new CD, Love, Lost and Found, in
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Infamous Stringdusters on News8.net
The Infamous Stringdusters will be a guest on tomorrow's (4/21) edition of Let's Talk Live, broadcast in the Washington, DC metro television market on NewsChannel 8 at noon (EDT). They'll perform a couple of tunes and chat with show hosts Doug
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Dennis Jones at WNCW
Our friend Ted Lehmann has put together a terrific profile of our other friend Dennis Jones, and posted it on his blog, Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms. Ted visited the WNCW radio studio in Spindale, NC where Dennis serves as
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National Banjo Center in Eden, NC
Piedmont Folk Legacies, who puts on the annual Charlie Poole Music Festival in North Carolina, has recently announced the acquisition of premises which will eventually house a National Banjo Center in Eden, NC. The two buildings involved, both former textile mills
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Does RollingStone know its Bluegrass?
Does RollingStone know its bluegrass? Take a few minutes to read this article, recently published on the magazine's website, and then answer in our poll. Here's the introduction. It's been more than 60 years since Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, unleashed
