Music

We've posted many times about the new secular CD from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, More Behind The Picture Than The Wall. It's officially released today (3/27), and can be purchased wherever bluegrass music is sold, online or in the real

We just received a note from Dennis Jones of WNCW, letting us know about their latest efforts in fundraising for the station. They are holding their spring pledge drive this week. With the recently increased royalties for internet broadcasters, supporting

CMT.com has a piece up that features an interview with banjo picker Tony Trischka. It is focused on his recent release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, which includes Tony and a host of celebrated banjoists in twin banjo arrangements. Earl Scruggs,

Yesterday's edition of The Washington Post included a brief review of the new release from Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, which Brance mentioned earlier this year. It features both Skaggs and Hornsby as vocalists and instrumentalists, with Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder band

John Prine and Mac Wiseman have teamed up for a set of great country music classics on a new CD from Oh Boy Records. Standard Songs For Average People was officially released on Saturday (3/24), and features the two legends

The numbers are in for the first quarter and they don't look promising, at least not on the surface. Nielsen SoundScan reports that 89 million CDs were sold from January 1 through March 18. That's a drop of nearly 20%

Jayme Stone is a banjo player whose music is hard to categorize. In fact, you might say that it has no boundaries. You could say the same thing about his whereabouts. With a new CD, The Utmost, due for release in

Mandolin teacher and performer Butch Baldassari, has written in to let us know that he is now offering live online video lessons. The technology he's using is Skype. Skype allows you to make video calls to other Skype users provided

Tonight (March 20) will find bluegrass singer/songwriter Bob Amos as the guest on The Bluegrass Guide's monthly Songwriter Chat. Bob is a founding member of Colorado's Front Range, and has a new CD with his Bob Amos Band, Reels Of

McCoury Music has four tracks from the upcoming Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear, available for online listening on their MySpace page. The CD is due for release shortly on the McCoury label, produced by Don Rigsby and