Jack Tottle accepts his honorary doctorate from Kenny Chesney and Brian Nolan - photo by Larry Smith, ETSU This past weekend, the Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City celebrated its 40th anniversary by awarding honorary doctorates to a pair of major figures, Jack Tottle and Kenny Chesney. [...]
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Program at East Tennessee State University is looking to hire an experienced voice instructor for an adjunct position during the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year. The position would be for private voice lessons with students in the program, so the ability to coach vocalists in bluegrass, country, and/or old time [...]
For those of us grieving the loss of blugrass banjo legend J.D. Crowe, who passed away on Christmas Eve, here are a few interviews conducted in recent years that should be both enjoyable and informative. This first was recorded in 2019 with Dan Boner, Director of the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program [...]
BanjoLit, the banjo accessory company in the Czech Republic, has put together a gift package for holiday shoppers that will benefit students in the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program. The package includes a BanjoLit T-shirt, sticker, and Musician's Diary, specially priced at $22. For each of these sold, BanjoLit will donate a [...]
The Bluegrass, Old Time & County Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University will be hosting the first of what they hope will be annual String Band Summit in April of 2022. This is meant to be an academic conference, bringing together musicians, teachers, and scholars of all forms of string band music to [...]
The Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies department at East Tennessee Sate University is advertising a part time staff position. This job is for a Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator for the department, and requires a wide range of skills and the ability to multitask. Experience in graphic design, public relations, marketing, or a related [...]
The Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced their Artist in Residence appointments for the 2021-'22 academic year. Brittany Haas and Mike Compton have been named to this faculty position after an exhaustive process of interviews with major artists in our music. Both will provide on campus, [...]
Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have a music video based on a studio recording from one of the program's elite ensembles, [...]
Along with May flowers, we are in the time of college commencements, when proud parents and happy graduates spend hours in lengthy ceremonies to mark their official entrance into the world of adulthood. Many of the observances are a bit muted this year as COVID restrictions hang on in some areas, but it is always [...]
Each semester, students in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University are required to engage in ensemble performances as part of their course work. Players and singers are grouped according to their level of skill and experience, and are tasked with putting together a live set, with the [...]
Jack Tottle accepts his honorary doctorate from Kenny Chesney and Brian Nolan - photo by Larry Smith, ETSU This past weekend, the Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City celebrated its 40th anniversary by awarding honorary doctorates to a pair of major figures, Jack Tottle and Kenny Chesney. [...] 
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Program at East Tennessee State University is looking to hire an experienced voice instructor for an adjunct position during the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year. The position would be for private voice lessons with students in the program, so the ability to coach vocalists in bluegrass, country, and/or old time [...] 
For those of us grieving the loss of blugrass banjo legend J.D. Crowe, who passed away on Christmas Eve, here are a few interviews conducted in recent years that should be both enjoyable and informative. This first was recorded in 2019 with Dan Boner, Director of the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program [...] 
BanjoLit, the banjo accessory company in the Czech Republic, has put together a gift package for holiday shoppers that will benefit students in the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program. The package includes a BanjoLit T-shirt, sticker, and Musician's Diary, specially priced at $22. For each of these sold, BanjoLit will donate a [...] 
The Bluegrass, Old Time & County Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University will be hosting the first of what they hope will be annual String Band Summit in April of 2022. This is meant to be an academic conference, bringing together musicians, teachers, and scholars of all forms of string band music to [...] 
The Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced their Artist in Residence appointments for the 2021-'22 academic year. Brittany Haas and Mike Compton have been named to this faculty position after an exhaustive process of interviews with major artists in our music. Both will provide on campus, [...] 
Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have a music video based on a studio recording from one of the program's elite ensembles, [...] 