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The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band recently recorded a track by track interview with XM Radio's Kyle Cantrell. During the interview they discuss each track on their new gospel CD Tell Someone. The interview portions will be edited together with

David Royko had a nice feature on Andy Statman in yesterday's edition of The Chicago Tribune. It was written primarily to preview and promote a Statman show in Chicago on February 5, but includes an overview of his music career,

More great bluegrass is on tap in this Saturday night's Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast. The Del McCoury Band and Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys are featured this week, as are The Whites and Jesse McReynolds & The

Our friend Dan Ruby has just launched a completely overhauled and updated version of his site Festival Preview. The site is designed to be a one-stop source for news, opinion, and comment on festivals of all genres happening anywhere in

BBC Radio 4 FM carried a 30 minute program yesterday on the history of the banjo. It is set to air again on January 29 from 11:00-11:30 p.m. (GMT), but it can also be heard on the BBC web site

Be on the lookout for The Grascals on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday, February 12. They'll be on with Dierks Bentley, with whom they recorded for his new CD. Bentley is a long-time friend of The Grascals'

We posted last month about a week of club dates in New York for Bill Evans' Soulgrass. This is Bill Evans the jazz sax man who has been recording and performing an interesting jazz/bluegrass fusion, not our friend Bill Evans

I know Pandora.com has existed for a while now, but I've just recently given it a try and thought I'd share with the rest of you. If you don't know, Pandora.com is a website where you get to set up

Pete Seeger and co-author Paul DuBois Jacobs were awarded the Schneider Family Book Award this week for their 2005 book, The Deaf Musicians. It is a story about a young musician who loses his hearing, and forms a band of

Larry Cordle will the guest on Tuesday evening's songwriter chat at bluegrassguide.com, the web site for the Bluegrass Guide, a print periodical published by Mountain High Bluegrass Association. The format is intended to be one where songwriters have an opportunity