Music

Pine Mountain Railroad will be visiting the studios of WTUF in Thomasville, GA today (1/21), with an live guest spot featured at 3:00 p.m. (EST). They will spend some time chatting with show host "Lazy Len" Robinson, and also pick

We posted back in November that Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek had enabled pre-release digital download purchases of his new CD, Blinders On, from his web site. At the time, we reported that there was no indication of record

The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) in Owensboro, KY will host a unique 3 day mandolin workshop this fall, the first of what they hope will become an annual event. The Monroe Style Mandolin Camp will be held September 8-10

We posted last week about the premier of the music video for Me and John and Paul by The Grascals being available on CMT.com. Though not yet in rotation on CMT's cable network, the video is set to debut on GAC-TV

Smithsonian Folkways recently released an album featuring Classic Railroad Songs. The album contains only eight songs that have been previously released. The other 21 songs, from a number of classic artists including Doc Watson, appear here for the first time. Bookended

We received a note from Gerry Katz, with Boston Bluegrass Union, who promotes the annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in the Boston area. Gerry is looking for sponsors/underwriters to help them cover the costs of the children's' and young pickers'

Vince Gill is among the batch of pop, rock and country stars to be "picked on" by the folks at CMH Records. Their growing library of titles in this Pickin' On series is bearing down on 200 releases, each containing

Lonesome Day Records is offering new subscribers to their monthly newsletter a chance to win a free CD from the Lonesome Day catalog. For a limited time, each new subscriber to this email newsletter will be entered in a monthly

Thanks to Gerald Harbour of The Churchmen, who wrote in to tell us about the newest member of the band. Charlie Oakley will be joining the band on guitar as well as singing lead and harmony vocals. Here's the official

The Earl Brothers is a California-based acoustic quartet who perform original music in a primitive bluegrass, or Stanley-influenced mountain style. The sound is intentionally sparse and a bit on the lonesome side, and sure to appeal to fans of the