Exhibition preview - Brion Gysin: Calligraffiti of Fire, October Gallery, London, December 11, 2008 - February 14, 2009 Trying to pin down Brion Gysin is a confusing business. At various times during his career the cult figure wrote novels, short

When excavation experts from York Archaeological Trust were commissioned to double the size of the University of York's Heslington campus, they might have had cause for optimism. The skeleton of a man believed to be one of Britain's earliest victims

Revonda Roberts and Harvest Wind has been selected to play at the White House in Washinton D.C. on December 23rd, 2008. This is a real honor for us and we are excited about going and touring the White House and

Richard Thompson in the UK sends us this news about the British Bluegrass News (BBN). The Winter 2008/9 edition of British Bluegrass News (BBN) is due to be mailed in the next few days. The bumper-sized 32-page edition has exciting

Larry Gorley tells us the stars come out on January 09, 2009 at Kegley Auditorium located in Harrison Jones Memorial Hall at Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia. It's a 7:30 PM showtime for Pickin' A Bluegrass Allstar Jam. This is

A warm congratulations to the Folk Heritage Committee and the Cole Mountain Cloggers for their performance in the 62nd annual Holiday Parade in Asheville on November 22. Their fun costumes and lively performances garnered the young cloggers the "Judges' Favorite"

It's now official and the new band lineup is on both the Grascal's web sites and Kristin Scott Benson's sites. Kristin has joined the group as the latest Grascalette on Banjo. She was a two-time veteran of the Larry Stephenson

The Kati Penn Band will be playing two shows on New Year's Eve at the Hilton at Lexington Green in Lexington, KY. Music starts at 9 PM! ...

Bluegrass music legend Curly Seckler will wrap up the year with many broadcast media appearances. Seckler will be very visible in the media, especially for those who live in and around his home state of North Carolina. What could be

The Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) announced the nominations for their 35th SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards to be held during their 26th National Convention February 12-15, 2009. For the fourth consecutive year, the awards show will

Nwelue Igwebuike Chigozie a.k.a. Singaholic is a talented musician from Ehime Mbano, Imo State. It all started many years ago at the age of eight when Singaholic then known as Aikay started singing along with foreign artistes on radio like

They are the Voice of Truth Messengers' Choir (VOTMEC). And they have walked the line on a bumpy gospel music road towards becoming appreciated since 1994.

In an era where the local music industry is hungry for good singers, well- produced music and songs with substance, comes an eight-member group, Muddy Boots.

The Jamaram, a popular German all-men band, will perform at Hotel Africana tomorrow.

There are three wide releases this week, including the only action film of the month of December, The Day the Earth Stood Still. There's no doubt it will be the biggest hit of the week. The only real question is

The latest set of Awards Season nominations were handed out today as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations. There was not much in the way of surprises, and it is hard to look at one film and say

The most recent addition to the complete review is our review of Victor Pelevin's The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.

In The Independent David Constantine profiles Zbigniew Herbert, Poet of a harrowed nation.