Media

Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, tells us of Curly Seckler Day in Marion, VA. I have just had a note passed to me by Penny Parsons, manager/friend and biographer to bluegrass veteran Curly Seckler. On Sunday, January 6 The Pickin' Porch

We told you last fall about the new theme song for the IBMA Awards Show, The Road From Rosine, which debuted in October '07 at the show in Nashville. The song was written by Mountain Heart fiddler Jim VanCleve at the

The Grascals will join Eddie Stubbs tomorrow night (1/10) on WSM for a special 2 hour live radio show from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. They will appear from 8:00-10:00 p.m. (EST) on An Intimate Evening

The January 2008 issue of International Musician features a story about the multi-talented Randy Kohrs. International Musician is the official trade magazine published by the American Federation of Musicians. The magazine is only available to union members. If you're a member,

The folks at Acoustic Disc are offering free daily downloads from their web site. A different track will be available each day from one of their many fine audio recordings. Acoustic Disc is the label owned by David Grisman, and tracks

Bluegrass super group Blue Highway is about to release their latest CD, Through the Window of a Train. With the release coming in February, they've just released a short (under 8 minutes) video EPK. The video was produced by Nashville filmmaker

The Tryon Daily Bulletin, out of Tryon, NC, has a story featuring an interview with Tom Riggs of

National Public Radio's afternoon news and information show, All Things Considered, featured an interview with Merle Haggard yesterday (1/3) about his 2007 release, The Bluegrass Sessions. The Hag spoke with Melissa Block about his life at 70 years old and his

Our friends at BluegrassCollege.org are ringing in the New Year with the launch of their free Bluegrass College Fakebook. The Fakebook currently consists of tabs (notation for the fiddle) for 10 bluegrass instrumentals. The tabs are available for all the bluegrass

Here is a great YouTube video of Crooked Still and The Infamous Stringdusters jamming at the Strawberry Music Festival earlier this year. It was created and narrated by Dan Ruby of FestivalPreview.com. Both groups back up Crooked Still vocalist Aoife O'Donovan