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"Nashville may have killed country music, but who will die at the Dakin Family Bluegrass Festival?" How's that as a tease for a mystery novel set at a bluegrass music event? The book is Dobro Dreamer by Peter McGinn, published earlier

Gary Reid and Copper Creek Records (Bluegrass Productions of Virginia) have once again produced their annual Bluegrass Calendar. The 2009 edition focuses on Pinecastle Records as they celebrate their 20th anniversary in '09. Each month features full cover photos of Pinecastle

Audio from the Old Crow Medicine Show visit to NPR's World Cafe on 11/4 has been posted online. They performed a number of songs from their current release, Tennessee Pusher (Alabama High-Test, Next Go 'Round, Mary's Kitchen, Caroline), plus a web-only

Audio from Dan Tyminski's recent appearance on Mountain Stage can now be accessed online. The show was recorded on October 12 of this year and broadcast during the week of November 14. Patty Loveless, Chris Knight and Solas were also featured

We mentioned the new Rural Rhythm radio sampler last week in our post about their upcoming bluegrass CD for Michael Martin Murphey. It has been mailed to DJs and show hosts, and you should be hearing these new tracks shortly. The

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but YouTube has begun allowing not only high(er) definition video, but also is now supporting native 16:9 format. To test it out I uploaded another of our IBMA 2008 videos, this one is an

The Prague Post ran an article yesterday about the popularity of bluegrass music on the European Continent. The hook for the piece is a show taking place in Prague tomorrow featuring Czech band Monogram. It's a well written article discussing the

Dailey & Vincent will make a stop this afternoon (12/5) in Spindale, NC to do a live set on the air for WNCW. They'll be on with Dennis Jones from Studio B at 2:00 p.m. for about 45 minutes of live

Brian Baker, writing for CityBeat Cincinnati, recently suggested that we coronate a new King of Bluegrass. His suggestion as to who should wear the crown? Ralph Stanley. His reasoning for recognizing Stanley is certainly sound, but his premise is wrong. If Monroe was

The video Brace told us about two weeks ago of rockers The Raconteurs performing an impromptu acoustic version of their song Old Enough with Ricky Skaggs on mandolin has been released by Warner Brothers. It runs to just under seven minutes