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If you've not heard The Carolina Chocolate Drops, the young black string band specializing in the piedmont style of old time music, check them out today (3/17) on WDVX's Blue Plate Special. The show airs at noon (ET) on WDVX, broadcasting

If you need a new coffee mug and you like to watch bluegrass related videos, then Wichita Rutherford has a got a deal for you. He's posted this video on his blog. It was made back in the summer of 2006.

That's the title of a clever and revealing post published yesterday on the Punch Brothers blog. The concept is a "fun facts" sort of thing, providing both musical and personal insights that relate to their recent CD, Punch, and its

Rounder has put together an online video bio to introduce young mandolin sensation Sierra Hull in preparation for the upcoming release of her debut CD, Secrets, on May 6. The video mixes interview segments with both Sierra and co-producer Ron Block,

Charles Johnson is better known to bluegrass fans as Little Jody Rainwater, bass player with bluegrass legends Flatt & Scruggs during the early 1950s. Today is Jody's 89th birthday, and the radio station that he called home after departing from the

WNRV, AM 990, here in the New River Valley, has gone online. Their live feed is not yet operational, but they are working on it, and tell me it should be available soon. The website is up and running though, and

Pinecastle Records has launched a new service on the label's web site, a download page for authorized radio programmers. Audio files will be posted as soon as they are released to radio with the choice of either MP3 or lossless

Following up on John's post yesterday, I spoke with Rhonda, via email, about the new video. She is very pleased with the results, not so pleased about the bronchitis, and offered a couple more of her favorite photos taken during the

Rhonda Vincent has completed her newest music video, for the song I Gotta Start Somewhere, which will be the first from her latest Rounder release, Good Thing Going. This will be the 10th video for Rhonda and though she is

Our good friend Wichita Rutherford is hosting the family band Cherryholmes on his XM Radio show this afternoon. Wichita's show is called The Grand Old Time Machine. He travels back and forth through time playing the best of bluegrass from today