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Mountain Stage - Winter Membership Campaign Special

About Mountain Stage

Mountain Stage is a two-hour live performance radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting featuring some of the world’s greatest artists in an intimate and relaxed atmosphere with a live-broadcast edge. Read more

• New books from Mel Bay

  A big package arrived recently from Mel Bay Publications, chock full of new instructional books that may hold some interest for pickers who read Bluegrass Today. Some are aimed at new players, or those with modest skills, while others will be quite demanding indeed. Serious [...]

• The Likely Culprits

  The Likely Culprits will make their official band debut, Saturday night at the world famous Station Inn, in Nashville, TN. This new group consists of Ashby Frank (mandolin, vocals), Deanie Richardson (fiddle), Melonie Cannon (vocals), Garnet Imes Bowman (vocals), Brandon Bostic (guitar, vocals), Austin Ward [...]

• The Rose Garden Inn

  Growing up in Hurricane WV was a real blessing in my life. Hurricane and surrounding towns were a hotbed of bluegrass music lovers, with a wealth of fine musicians. I remember as a young man, when my dad took me to a little establishment outside [...]

• Bluegrass Jam Ball

  Here’s something fun we found online, courtesy of the good folks at Janet Davis Music. We all remember the Magic 8 Ball, the ersatz occult toy that rose to popularity in the 1950s, along with the Oiuja board. Children (and adults?) were to hold the [...]

• Scott Avett interview online

  Deering Banjos has published a lengthy interview with Scott Avett, of the notorious Avett Brothers. I say notorious because discussions about the band can become quite heated in bluegrass circles, especially where the “that’s not bluegrass!” crowd is concerned. From the start, Scott has played [...]

• The Church Sisters

  Procrastination alert… this is a piece I’ve been meaning to write for weeks. Months even. You can mark this down as one of those “power of World of Bluegrass” stories, where it happened that I had to go to Nashville to discover a trio of [...]

• Tuttles kill in Northern California

  We posted about The Tuttles with AJ Lee just a week ago, noting that the band of young pickers had been signed with Roe Entertainment for artist representation. What we didn’t know at the time was the fact that this Bay Area group had cleaned [...]

• More on Grascals v. Webster

  Fox 17 news in Nashville ran a story on Tuesday about the nasty contract dispute between The Grascals and Entertainment Evolution. A channel 17 reporter caught up with the two attorneys representing the band and Kirt Webster, owner of Entertainment Evolution and Webster & Associates [...]

• Cumberland River and Justified on WNYC

  Cumberland River’s Jamie Dean will be on WNYC’s Soundcheck program Thursday afternoon, along with Greg Still, Music Supervisor for TNT’s popular Justified series. The pair will visit with host John Schaefer to talk about the show, and of course the contributions Cumberland River has made [...]

• Blue Yodel #17 – #bluegrassgrammy-attackads

  Tweets in Response to Steve Martin’s Blatant Attempt to Increase Public Awareness of Bluegrass Grammy #bluegrassgrammyattackads Steve Martin claims to be illegitimate son of Jimmy Martin. Nope, says Jimmy in Skype session from beyond. #bluegrassgrammyattackads Steve Martin mispronounces “banjo” on Letterman. No, Steve, it’s not [...]