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2007 has been a very good year for Jason Davis. This 18 year old banjo player was chosen to pick with the newly-formed Grasstowne as 2006 was drawing to a close, and has gotten rave reviews for his playing on

Cherryholmes has announced the winners in a contest we told you about in late May, drawn from customers who pre-ordered a copy of their new CD, Cherryholmes II - Black and White, from their web site. The grand prize of a

Here's an update on a story we reported back in April... When we passed along news that Blue Highway's 8th CD was in the works, Tim Stafford suggested that it might be released later this year. Word now comes that Rounder

Bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne has just released a his new CD, Bluegrass Melodies. Bobby has long been a favorite of mine. The smooth, clear quality of his high lonesome singing serves as a constant example of what bluegrass singing should

Noted instructor and instrumentalist Dix Bruce has two new book/CD sets for fans of the Hot Club of France sound, popularized by Django Rhinehart. They are titled Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm, with one for mandolin and another for

Billboard is reporting a couple of new bits of information about the upcoming Merle Haggard acoustic/bluegrass CD we had told you about late last year. We had reported that this new recording would feature Hag and some of Nashville's top

The Dixie Bee-Liners are the newest member of the Pinecastle Records family, with their first full-length CD project, Ripe, expected early in 2008. Their debut, self-titled release was a short form CD with 8 tracks, released in 2005. It spent over

Bluegrass Gospel group, The Isaacs have just announced that Kevin Haynie will be leaving the band later this month. Haynie's last concert with The Isaacs will be July 22nd, in Hopkins, MI. Haynie is leaving to go on the road with

Yesterday, July 9, was Jesse McReynolds' 78th birthday. I spoke with Jesse, and his wife Joy, via email yesterday and they sent along this photo of Jim & Jesse, sitting on the steps outside their old homeplace in SouthWest Virginia. Jesse

Flatpicking and bluegrass guitar superstar Wyatt Rice will be conducting a four-day workshop on bluegrass rhythm guitar at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, August 24-27, 2007. Bluegrass fans know Wyatt for his many years playing guitar with brother Tony in The