Marietta, GA -- John Drummond launched www.Banjo.com because he wanted a local resource that was dedicated to serving the needs of banjo players. "I wanted to compare the many different brands side-by-side, in one location. Most stores had a huge

Banjo Virtuoso Tony Trischka opened his powerful and unique online banjo school today: the Tony Trischka School of Banjo. The site integrates Tony's unparalleled 40+ years of playing and teaching banjo with the most advanced technology in online video exchange

Chetwynd, BC, Canada -- FiddleFork Online, a division of Aced Management Inc. has just announced that they have just signed an agreement with the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship (CGM) allowing FiddleFork to retail all the recordings of the CGM

The Dixie Bee-Liners' second full-length work, Susanville, is available today. The concept album peers into the cars and trucks in America's cities and towns, bringing to life 19 breathtaking musical moments along America's interstates and byways. The band employs its

Audie Blaylock and Redline will perform at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA November 14, 2009. The event is sponsored by the Boston Bluegrass Union and also includes a performance by Darren Beachley and the Legends of the Potomac.

Jim Lauderdale will be on Austin City Limits tonight, Nov. 7th with Elvis Costello. The show was recorded on Aug. 31st and will be televised on PBS stations. Please check your local listings for times, channels, etc. For complete info

Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your bass player? Well, we've got it for you. (for those of you who want "just the facts", skip to the bottom of this post for basics & fees) On January 2nd, 2010,

Bristol, TN/VA -- The Bristol Rhythm & Roots festival folks are in the very early planning process for their 10th annual anniversary and they are in the thick of making sure it is something special. The dates for the 2010

Banjo.com is proud to present a Jessie Baker banjo workshop and Flamekeeper mini-concert at their retail store in Marietta, GA on Thursday, November 19th. Jessie is celebrating the release of his first solo project, Yessir, on Patuxent Records. The young

Rumsey, KY -- Kentucky Folk Artist and Kentucky Art's Council Performing Arts Directory member Heath Eric has partnered with several local artists and musicians to produce a song that pays tribute to the history and impact of the Executive Inn

Burlington, MA - Rounder Records is pleased to announce the release of Blue Highway's Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection on January 19. The CD is a collection of the best of their Rounder recordings, one cut from a Rob

Recently Miami Valley Musician, Gentleman Jim Chatfield (Bassist for Shadez of Blue Bluegrass Band, and internet I-DJ for WorldWideBluegrass.com suffered a heart attack, leading to a QUAD By-Pass. Old National Bluegrass and www.WorldWideBluegrass.com are throwing a benefit the weekend of

Pigeon Forge, TN -- Dollywood unwraps its 20th anniversary holiday season on Nov. 7 with the opening of its award-winning festival Smoky Mountain Christmas presented by Humana, which continues through Jan. 2, 2010. Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas festival recently won

CMA/ Nashville, TN -- Master Sergeant Bubba Beason of the United States Air Force has been chosen as "America's Hero" in the "Chevy Salutes America's Heroes" contest. Beason, a member of the 305th Maintenance Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will perform one of the new cuts from their latest album 'Speed of Life' (NGDB Records/Sugar Hill) as well as their classic "Mr. Bojangles" on the CBS Early Show on Saturday, November 21. Later that night,

Hiltons, VA -- From the pastoral hills, hollers, shopping malls, and interstate highways of Goodlettsville, Tennessee; home of Bill Monroe, Bashful Brother Oswald, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Keith Whitely, and some living country music performers, comes the most entertaining blast from

Nashville, TN -- In memory of Louise Scruggs, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will present an in-depth interview honoring visionary music industry executive Mary Martin on Tuesday, November 17, at 6 p. m. in the Ford Theater.

Over 60 years after Folkways Records released Woody Guthrie's first children's/family music album in 1947, his granddaughter Sarah Lee Guthrie is ensuring the family's commitment to children's music and its longstanding collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways, the home of Folkways Records.

PRNewswire/ Stanville, KY -- Attorney Eric C. Conn has launched an ad campaign in hopes of grabbing the attention of President Obama. Today, Conn announced his new video with legendary bluegrass singer Ralph Stanley and model actress Amber Ettinger, more