Media

Last night my wife and I were talking about my former life as a crew member for country singer Lorrie Morgan. I don't know how we got on the topic, but the conversation naturally turned to a discussion of Keith

If you'll be near your computer, there are a number of online shows you might want to catch today (6/20). At 11:00 a.m. this morning, Jimmy Gaudreau will join host Carol Beaugard on Lonesome Pine RFD, broadcast from 9:00 a.m. to

Chris Thile isn't the only bluegrass picker with a pure love for baseball. Sam Bush is another, and his fondness for America's pastime was recently chronicled on the Baseballisms site. Sam's video remembrances of growing up playing baseball are especially poignant,

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder are taping an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson today, set to air on July 22. Mark your calendars and set your TiVos if you aren't accustomed to stay up this late. The

From time to time the banjo makes an appearance in a movie. Opening this Friday, June 20, 2008, The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers, is the latest movie to contain a scene with some bluegrass music and a banjo present. The

Rural Rhythm Records is committed to tradition and progress simultaneously. In an effort to promote all the good bluegrass recordings they are putting out these days, the label has just started their own Bluegrass Radio service. They are calling it

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has put together a series of multimedia portraits of acts performing on the 2008 Rochester Jazz Festival. The act chosen as the highlight from Sunday's (6/15) performance was the Alison Brown Quartet. As many of our

Mandolin master Chris Thile has had a long love affair with America's favorite pastime. Thile's great-great-grandfather is Baseball Hall of Famer, Sam Thompson. Thile himself, at one time, hoped to be a ball player. His first solo CD, Leading Off,

Dan Tyminski will celebrate today's (6/17) release of Wheels, his new Rounder CD, with an appearance on the Tuesday Opry in Nashville. Their set will be during the show's first segment, between 8:00-8:30 p.m. (EDT). The Tuesday Opry broadcast is

The Associated Press is reporting that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has announced that he will recommend FCC approval of the proposed merger between the Sirius and XM satellite radio broadcasting companies. From the piece by the AP's John Dunbar: Martin made his