Music

Popular 17 year old bluegrass singer Heather Berry has reformed her touring band, now booking as Heather Berry and Dominion Grass. Current members include Buster Sexton on banjo,Travers Chandler on mandolin, Robert Overstreet on dobro, and F. Wade Cox on

The deadline for submissions in the International Acoustic Music Awards is rapidly approaching, with entries requiring a postmark no later than November 9 to be accepted. The competition is open to all independent songwriters and artists, and several of their

Rounder Records has announced a projected March '06 release date for All This Time, the third Rounder CD for singer/songwriter Donna Hughes. 14 of the 16 tracks are Hughes originals, and the CD is produced by Tony Rice - who

One of the highlights of the annual Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend each year is the Saturday evening faculty concert. The primary focus of this three day event is instructional seminars and workshops for students of bluegrass music, and these sessions are

During the just concluded IBMA week in Nashville, we had occasion to speak with reigning IBMA Banjo Player Of The Year Jim Mills at some length. We recorded an interview with Jim which we will feature in a GrassCast episode

David Parmley & Continental Divide are pleased to welcome Kyle Perkins, from Somerset, KY as their new bass player, replacing departing bass man Barry Berrier, now with Lonesome River Band. Kyle is 20 years old, and has been playing bluegrass

The John Cowan Band has just announced that their next CD will be released on Pinecastle Records. A spring 2006 release is anticipated for this 11 song project, speculatively titled New Tattoo. We will pass along more details as we can

I just got a note from Donald Nitchie about the next issue of Banjo Newsletter. In the November issue of the Banjo Newsletter we feature the new Smithsonian/Folkways release In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes by Hobart Smith,

Over the past few days here at IBMA, we've had occasion to speak with a number of the people who have been affected by the closing of Koch Record's Nashville division. What we are being told is that of the

This year looks to be a great one for Cherryholmes at IBMA. They are nominated for a number of awards, including the unprecedented combination of Emerging Artist and Entertainer Of The Year. Both Cherryholmes and Rhonda Vincent will be