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Annie & The Beekeepers on The Al Steiner Show

annie_beekeepers_webAnnie & The Beekeepers join host Al Steiner for a live performance and interview Tuesday, May 21 at 2 pm ET.

They’ll perform songs from the new album My Bonneville and chat about their gig later that evening at Hill Country BBQ in Washington, DC.

Ticket Giveaway

stills_inthe_hills_webWAMU’s Bluegrass Country and Seven Springs Mountain Resort are giving away two nights of lodging and a pair of tickets to the Stills In The Hills Music Festival.

This event takes place in Seven Springs, PA on June 15-16.

Click Here To Enter!

Join us at IBMA!

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We are accepting submissions from musicians who would like to perform during our live broadcast at the IBMA World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC on September 24-27.

For details, click here.

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  • Bluegrass Album Band in Sevierville

    bab_sev_thMike Kelly was kind enough to send a few of the photos he shot on Saturday when the Bluegrass Album Band and some loyal fans braved the rain for a reunion show at the Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival. The weather was wet and drizzly [...]

  • New single from Mark Houser

    houser_thMark Houser is releasing a new single to radio on Tuesday. It’s the title track to his 2012 Rural Rhythm album, Uneven Road, which we reviewed earlier this year. This appealing singer and songwriter is supported here by A-list pickers. Cory Walker played banjo, Barry [...]

  • Nuts and Bolts of Songwriting by Niall Toner

    nuts_thIrish songwriter Niall Toner has written a book about his chosen profession, set for a June 8 launch at The Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, held during the Carlow Arts Festival in County Carlow, in the southeast of Ireland. The Nuts and Bolts of [...]

  • Reborn – Mark Newton & Steve Thomas

    reborn_thEvery now and then, two artists come together and form a collaboration that fans are sure to remember for years to come. With their debut release, Reborn, Mark Newton and Steve Thomas have likely earned themselves a spot in that category. This twelve-song collection is [...]

  • Story Behind the Song – Crossing the Bar

    tennyson_thAlfred, Lord Tennyson wrote Crossing the Bar in 1889, three years before he died. The poem describes his placid and accepting attitude toward death. Although he followed this work with subsequent poems, he requested that Crossing the Bar appear as the final poem in all [...]

  • Bluegrass in Ireland moved to Facebook

    bii_thWith the retirement of Richard Hawkins, originator and manager of The Bluegrass Ireland Blog, the task of keeping the enthusiastic Irish bluegrass scene informed online has fallen to Ray O’Brien, who keeps things up to date with the Bluegrass In Ireland Facebook group. Ray invites everyone [...]

  • Come To Me video from Chasing Blue

    low_valley_thBoston’s Chasing Blue has released a new music video for Come To Me, the opening track from their current EP, Low Valley. The song is a variation on the theme of, “He may not be Mr. Right, but he’s Mr. Right Now.” It features their [...]

  • Jon Glik fiddlin’ in Tokyo

    kaz_thWe heard this week from Kaz Inaba, who shared some photos and a few words about a show this week in Tokyo where he welcomed famed Maryland-based fiddler Jon Glik to the stage. “A few days ago, on May 14, my band, Kazuhiro Inaba & [...]

  • Bluegrass Weather Report – 5/17/13

    weather_thHere’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with information about the Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival this weekend, and a quick guitar lesson.   And don’t forget our Ugly Mandolin contest… Ugly Mandolin May will continue until the end of the month. We’re not mocking anyone or anything; we just [...]

  • Rural Rhythm announces Rural Roots Digital

    red_thRural Rhythm Records is launching a new series of classic bluegrass reissues for online download which they are calling Rural Roots Digital. The first two re-releases include timeless albums from Red Smiley and The Bluegrass Cutups, and fiddler Curly Fox. When Sam Pasamano purchased Rural [...]

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