• Dailey & Vincent on Sirius-XM

    If you haven't picked up a copy of Brothers from Different Mothers, the latest CD from Dailey & Vincent, the next few days will offer a chance to hear all the new music on Sirius-XM. Starting this morning (4/15) at 11:00

  • Banjo in The Office

    We've posted once before concerning the inclusion of the banjo in the popular TV show The Office. The latest episode includes another musical interlude featuring the instrument. With a new secretary in The Office, Dwight and Andy attempt to impress her

  • G2 in the studio

    We just heard from G2, our favorite Swedish bluegrass band, with news about their next CD. Banjo player Jens Koch tells us that they spent this past weekend tracking at Cosmos Studio in Stockholm, bringing them roughly to the halfway mark

  • Bluegrass alive and well…in Europe

    We are always encouraged to see main stream media coverage of our beloved musical genre. When that coverage is in a major news outlet like the New York Times, it's even better. Yesterday the NYT published a story in its "Arts"

  • Bela on WAMU

    Béla Fleck will be an in-studio guest today (4/9) on the Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU FM). He will talk about the African roots of today's modern five string banjo, his journey of discovery to west Africa in 2005, and Throw Down

  • Video debut from The Doerfels

    Will The Doerfels be the next young family band to leave a mark on the bluegrass world? Like many other bluegrass family acts before them, the band is composed of a group of talented siblings, but they differ from the template

  • Fretboard Journal Radio

    The editors of Fretboard Journal are trying their hand at internet radio. They've recently launched Fretboard Journal BlogTalkRadio. The show is hosted by the editors of the magazine and will air live every Friday at 1PM PST. Each episode will be

  • Michael Martin Murphey on Woodsongs

    The video from this week's edition of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour with Michael Martin Murphey can now be viewed online. Murphey is doing the rounds promoting Buckaroo Blue Grass, his new album on Rural Rhythm, which features a number

  • Michael Cleveland tackles Big Mon

    Here's a great video of Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper shot during their free concert this past Friday (4/3) at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. It features the guys tearing it up on a version of the Bill Monroe