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Testimony from this morning's full committee hearing in the US House of Representatives Small Business Committee (Assessing the Impact of the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty Rates on Recording Artists and Webcasters) is posted on YouTube. Opening statements are

With July 4th fast approaching, I got an email from our old pal Wichita Rutherford, letting me know about something special he's doing for the holiday. While the rest of us are outside enjoying a cookout and listening to our

Tomorrow, June 28, The Small Business Committee of the US House of Representatives will conduct a full committee hearing on the hotly contested new royalty rates proposed by the Copyright Royalty Board. The topic of the hearing is officially

Banjos falling from the sky! No, it's not this summer's new blockbuster horror film, it's the winner of the human-powered flying competition, Red Bull Flugtag Nashville last weekend. The Rocky Top Rocket, built and manned by The Greasy Brothers (Brandy, Brody,

The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2007 Honors and Awards, with the winners to be announced on November 1 during their 6th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show in Nashville. Several of the nominees will

For those fiddle players among us, there is a new site custom tailored to you. It's the Fiddle Hangout. The site just went live last Friday, June 22, 2007, but has averaged 2,000 visits per day since that time. Springing from

King Wilkie has a "what I did on my summer vacation" video posted at Amazon.com, which offers a behind the scenes look at the recording of their newly-released CD, Low Country Suite. It covers to some degree how the IBMA's

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe is still four years away, but long term strategic planning is already underway to commemorate the occasion. This morning's (6/25) edition of the Owensboro, KY Messenger-Inquirer has a story about this

Rebel Records has reissued two more classic out-of-print recordings as download-only releases. First up is a Lonesome River Band album from 1988, one which many recent fans of the band may learn about for the first time. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

We just heard from our friend Wichita Rutherford that Andy Hall, of The Infamous Stringdusters, will be his guest host this evening on his XM Radio show, The Grand Old Time Machine. A couple weeks ago Wichita had Mac Wiseman, then