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The Tony Trischka piece on NPR's Weekend Edition which Brance mentioned on Saturday can now be heard online. It ran earlier today on most NPR radio affiliates. Tony appeared along with Steve Martin and Bela Fleck to discuss his new Rounder

Here's an update on the status of the concert DVD of IIIrd Tyme Out's Round III at the Mac. When the CD was released last August, we posted that the DVD was expected to be released not long afterwards. The August

This Sunday NPR's Weekend Edition will feature Tony Trischka in an interview and performance segment. The segment will air at 9:40 AM ET on Sunday January 21, 2007. It will be repeated at 11:40 AM and 1:40 PM the same

We posted about the Ricky Skaggs signature Master Model F5 mandolin when it was announced at IBMA '06, and again when it first appeared on Gibson's web site. The mandolin is being officially introduced this week at the Winter NAMM show,

We found two interesting articles online that should be of interest to banjo pickers, and folks who enjoy banjo music. The first is a piece in today's Washington Post (1/19/07) on John McEuen. Written by Post staffer Richard Harrington, the article

We received a note recently from Guillaume Veillet, who until about two months ago was a prominent roots and acoustic radio host in France. He had been a strong supporter of bluegrass and old time music on the air, and

One of the hottest underground collector's item for serious fans of the early days of bluegrass music have been the various audio tapes, CDs, videos and DVDs of live Flatt & Scruggs performances from the 1950s and 60s. Folks who

We heard this week from Adam Nash, who has recently launched a site, NYCbluegrass.com, to help provide a central source for information on bluegrass events in the New York City area. The site includes an events calendar, a message board and

The long awaited new release from Kenny & Amanda Smith on Rebel Records is due to hit the street on January 30, and radio promos are being shipped this week. Titled Tell Someone, it is the first all-Gospel project from

J.D. Crowe & The New South are this week's guest on Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. As always, the show is a mix of live performance and casual discussion. The program first ran last Friday, and aired twice