Bluegrass News

Today's Wall Street Journal has an article on Alison Brown and her company, Compass Records , that also includes brief interviews with three Compass artists who have recent releases - Dale Ann Bradley, Missy Raines, and Brown herself.

Bluegrass is American roots music, a sub-category of country music with its own roots in Great Britain, believe it or not, in Irish, Scottish and Welsh folk music.

The Hillbenders The Hillbenders are taking the bluegrass world by storm. From the Ozark Mountains to the Rocky Mountains, The Hillbenders continue to rise like the sea level, reaching for the sky.

Over the past decade, the music business has seen the rise and fall of everything from teen pop to electronica and retro soul.

The Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival runs today through Sunday at the Starvy Creek campgrounds, 2229 Bluegrass Road, Conway.

Announcement : Greenville, SC Offers 3 Days of 'Bluegrass at Peace' Oct 30--Nov 1 BMNN wrote: on Jun.

They are the two-by-fours that make up country music's earliest construction, rootsy legends whose very names conjure never-faded invention and old-timey amusements.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. Lookout Mountain Community Center will host its second bluegrass festival Saturday following the success of last year's inaugural event.

For years, the Avett Brothers operated as a sort of rootsy, indie antiquity in motion.

HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2009 FREE in Golden Gate Park - First Round of Artists The 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will once again come to San Francisco's Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park.

The Bluegrass Bands & Helping Hands organization will host a CD release party at Pentz Street Station in Dalton, Georgia on July 17th.

BMNN wrote: on Jun. 21, 2009: The Dollar Brothers provide a high energy, family-oriented bluegrass music show.

Mandolin Farm Bluegrass Festival founders Willie and Sabrina Jarrells are proud to announce that reigning IBMA Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent will host this year's festival, scheduled for September 4-6 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.

Many visitors to Brown County will enjoy the 43rd Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival until Saturday.

Chris Thile, left, and Sam Bush perform at a previous Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Since forming in 1991, IIIrd Tyme Out has established itself as one of the most innovative and entertaining bands in bluegrass.

Jun. 14--The Who, Etta James, Carmen Miranda and The Stanley Brothers are familiar artists whose songs were recently named to The National Recording Registry.

Nancy Cardwell spent a few days last month at the annual Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & Barbecue Festival in Branson, MO and sent along this detailed report.

The bluegrass group Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will perform Tuesday at the Glass City Opry, held at the Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St., Maumee.

Lively bluegrass music filled the halls of Edgewood Manor as the Ottawa County Bluegrass Band amazed and delighted the residents with their musical talent.