Music

Here's a CD release that slipped under the radar the end of last month. Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a new self-titled CD, Carolina Road. The recording is on the Blue Circle Records label and was released on

Here's another post from our all-the-more regular correspondent, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Rounder Records will release a

The Knoxville Trivia Blog has posted an interview with Knoxville native, and current Carolina Road guitarist, Jerry Butler. They talk about Jerry's early days with the Knoxville Newgrass Boys, life on the road, and the new CD with Lorraine Jordan

We just discovered that David Grier's instructional video Superchared Flatpicking is now available on DVD. This video has been around for a number of years on VHS only. For all the flatpickers out there this is a classic must have. The

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the list of acts which have been invited to showcase at the 2007 World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville (October 1-7). Circuit Riders Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock Grass Cats Grasstowne The Faris Family Carrie Hassler &

I'll be teaching at this weekend's Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy near Gatlinburg, TN so my posting over the weekend (and early next week) may be a bit light. There is still room for a few more registrants if any banjo pickers

Here's a great new CD we had neglected to mention when it was released last month. It's the debut release from Hunter Berry, the dynamic young fiddler with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, with the appropriate title, Wow Baby. The recording

Next Tuesday (4/24), Belmont University will host the 3rd annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, an intensive one day conference "dedicated to the business, creative and legal issues of digital music." Conference sessions will include discussions and presentations on such timely issues

The widely-anticipated Stanley Brothers collection from Time-Life which we told you about earlier this year, is scheduled for release later this week. The Stanley Brothers - The Definitive Collection (1947-1966) will ship on April 19, a three CD set with

In bluegrass circles, we are accustomed to the band member merry-go-round that occurs every few years. The Winter of '06/'07 has been an especially volatile one in this respect, and it seems that there are still a few shoes left