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WAMU's Bluegrass Country will once again be broadcasting live from IBMA today (10/2), from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00-7:00 p.m. (EDT). You can catch their signal via audio streaming online, and via HD Radio (88.5-2) in the Washington DC market. The sub-theme of the Thursday remote is tonight's International Bluegrass Music Awards. Appearing this [...]
Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson [bluegrassmercury], has arrived in Nashville from the UK to attend the IBMA convention next week. This is his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his impressions and considerations would be of interest both to others who are likewise preparing to attend, and our many [...]
The Grand Ole Opry is taking on a bluegrass flavor this weekend as the World Of Bluegrass prepares to descend on Nashville. Tonight's Friday Opry (9/26) will feature Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, Grascals and Jesse McReynolds. On Saturday night, they'll have Del, Ricky and The Whites again along with Bobby Osborne and The [...]
The list of acts that will feature during this year's IBMA Awards Show has been announced. The IBMA Awards Show, hosted by revered singer and guitarist Del McCoury, will feature a stellar group of performers who will entertain the audience in between the presentation of the awards. The list includes some of this year's top [...]
The new Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, with The Grascals on the cover. The September/October '08 issue finds Grascals Jamie Johnson and Danny Roberts interviewed about the band's latest CD, Keep On Walkin', their newest member (fiddler Jeremy Abshire), and their dream of someday becoming members of The Grand Ole Opry. You'll also find an [...]
If it seems like The Grascals are everywhere these days... well maybe it's because they are. They are showing up TV and radio every few days, and there are two more chances to catch them coming up. The guys will be on tonight's Tuesday Opry (9/2), performing in the 8:30-9:00 segment along with Jean Shepard. [...]
The Grascals will be performing live today (8/29) on the News at Noon program on Chicago's WGN TV. WGN is carried on most US basic cable packages and many satellite packages as well. They will be highlighting songs from their new CD, Keep On Walkin' which has been a fixture on the Billboard bluegrass chart [...]
The Grascals are scheduled to perform this Saturday (8/16) on The Grand Ole Opry, not only on the radio, but on the televised portion as well. They'll be offering songs from their latest CD, Keep On Walkin', and celebrating the two IBMA nominations they received yesterday. An hour of Saturday's Opry show is carried live [...]
Y'all Wire, a large country music video web site, has announced their Top 8 Bluegrass Videos for 2008 to date. The video ratings are based on the site's Multivariate Audience Meter, which measures a video's popularity of "audience engagement." In addition to online views, this measure includes how often a video is selected as a [...]
FiddleFest is an annual bluegrass festival located quite near my home in Roanoke, VA. It's held the last weekend of July each year on the bucolic campus of Hollins University, just north of Roanoke. I was able to attend last Friday's (7/25) show where I enjoyed music of Grasstowne, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe, The [...]
