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Fast Paced World, the new CD from The Duhks, was released yesterday on Sugar Hill Records. The Canadian band got its start in a string band format, but has since evolved into a far more eclectic and adventurous sound. Founder - and clawhammer banjo player - Leonard Podolak is still on board, as is fiddler Tania [...]

The final ballots for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been mailed to the voting membership, and as voters prepare their choices, they can refer to our complete list of nominees here on The Bluegrass Blog. Along with the list of nominees in each category, we have links to their web sites, bios and audio [...]

Smithsonian.com is the online companion for Smithsonian Magazine, the monthly journal published by The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The web site recently published a report from Kenneth R. Fletcher about the weekly jam sessions at the Floyd Country Store, a venerable institution in southwestern Virginia. The scene he describes may well be an unfamiliar one [...]

The recently completed film about banjo ace J.D. Crowe is to have its first showing shortly at the J.D. Crowe Bluegrass Festival on Thursday night, 28 August. The film entitled A Kentucky Treasure: The J.D. Crowe Story, has been produced by Russ Farmer with the invaluable help of long time Crowe fans Frank and Marty Godbey, [...]

If you want to learn more about the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), and their upcoming World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville, you can tune in to Katy Daley’s show tomorrow (8/20) at 9:00 a.m. when she interviews Dan Hays, IBMA’s Executive Director. Dan is also sure to pass along congratulations to Katy who is nominated [...]