• Blue Highway on SIRIUS Bluegrass

    Starting this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. (4/11 - EDT) there will be four opportunities to catch Blue Highway live on SIRIUS Bluegrass over the next few days. They will perform material from their latest CD, Through The Window Of A

  • Banjo workshop in Belgium

    As the International Bluegrass Music Association is at pains to remind us, bluegrass music is a truly worldwide phenomenon. Though the IBMA is based in the US, and the largest part of the membership resides here, no small part of

  • Cindy Baucom: 25 years of bluegrass radio

    Cindy Baucom is an award winning bluegrass radio personality. Her syndicated show, Knee-Deep In Bluegrass, is broadcast on radio stations around the country. Recently the show added several new affiliates. WXBC 104.3 FM, in Hardinsburg, KY is now airing the show every

  • New Niall Toner CD in April

    One of Ireland's most prominent bluegrass artists is Niall Toner, and he is set to release his third CD of original music later this month. Niall tells us that the new project features ten songs and two instrumentals, and will

  • Taylor/Sebastian online today

    Two 24/7 online bluegrass channels offer up live interviews today (4/4) that may be of interest. Wayne Taylor will be stopping by for a chat with Katy Daley at 9:00 a.m. on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Taylor spent 20 years performing in

  • New Krauss/Plant video

    Yeah, yeah...  I know - it's not bluegrass. But a lot of readers here on Bluegrass Today follow Alison Krauss' music wherever it may take her. Sales of her new CD with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, have made it plain that

  • Classic Oak titles reissued

    Long-time students of bluegrass instruments will recall with fondness the name Oak Publications, a division of Music Sales that released some fine instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and bass starting in the 1970s. While the brand has remained

  • Abby and Bela on WDVX

    On today's (4/3) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, Abigail Washburn & Sparrow Quartet featuring B?©la Fleck will perform. The show airs at noon (EDT) from the Knoxville, TN studios of WDVX before a live audience, ahead of their

  • Lionsgate Music Signs the Infamous Stringdusters

    For The Infamous Stringdusters, things just couldn't get much better. The band's debut CD, Fork In The Road, was very well received, as have been their live performances. The band walked away from IBMA's 2007 award show with three awards.