Media

Kathy Mattea will be live on WAMU's Bluegrass Country this morning (4/2) at 11:00 a.m. with Katy Daley and Lee Michael Demsey to talk about her latest CD, Coal. The new release, produced by Marty Stuart, is as the title

The International Bluegrass Music Association has just announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2008. 2008 marks the ninth year IBMA has held the Leadership Bluegrass conference with more than 200 alumni now having participated. The program brings together 25 individuals

Sierra Hull, the prodigious young singer and mandolin player, who has a debut Rounder album, Secrets, set for release on May 6, has landed a part in the film about Billy Graham's early life, currently being shot on location in

Tim O'Brien is hitting the radio tour this week, promoting his new CD, Chameleon, just out on the Proper American label. He appeared this past Monday on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (video available online) and will be the guest

Dutch country and bluegrass periodical, Country Gazette, is scheduled to publish it's last issue next month. The magazine has been in publication for 35 years, covering all things country and bluegrass in Northern Europe. On April 26, 2008, the May/June

Carol Beaugard has two interesting guests lined up for this morning's (3/28) edition of Lonesome Rine RFD on WFDU-FM. Bluegrass Now publisher Wayne Bledsoe and jazz/bluegrass sax man Bill Evans are both scheduled for a visit. Brance posted last week with

Blue Highway will be the featured guest on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. They join host Kyle Cantrell for some live music from their new CD, Through the Window of a Train, and

Earlier this month, Bela Fleck's documentary film, Throw Down Your Heart, was premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, TX. SXSW is a 5 day festival that is a combination of trade show and festival for

The Los Angeles Times had an article about the famous LA club, Ash Grove, in Sunday's edition of that newspaper. This comes as a prelude to the forthcoming 50th Anniversary celebration planned for April 18 - 20 at UCLA. The Ash

We posted last month about British bluegrass twins The Carrivick Sisters competing on the Upstaged program on BBC TV. The show is a talent competition and Laura and Charlotte were selected to compete in the finals after their initial appearances. The