Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart will host a new show on XM satellite radio starting next month. Debuting Friday, Oct. 5, “Marty Stuart’s American Odyssey” will expose fans to a broad range of American music, including traditional country, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and rock songs. “American Odyssey” will be an amazing adventure inside the musical walls of [...]

L-R Dominick Leslie (2nd), Solly Burton (1st), and Brian Roe (3rd)
First place in the Walnut Valley Mandolin competition was awarded to 16-year old Solly Burton of Sullivan, IN. Solly is a home schooled high school junior who has been playing the mandolin for seven years. This was his first time to the Festival [...]

Flat Rock, NC ~ “The 2007 Flat Rock Music Festival is proud to announce that we have received over 200 entries for the Songwriting Contest,” said Kathlene Stith, Festival Director. “The contest has been steadily growing over the past few years, with over 130 entries last year.”
“There were so many submissions this year by artists [...]

Nashville, TN - Fan Fest is the indoor music festival of the year held, October 5, 6, 7 at the Nashville Convention Center, featuring performances by the industry’s top performers on four stages including the Fan Fest Main Stage, Master’s Workshop Stage, Roots & Branches Stage, and the Grand Masters Fiddler Championship. A 100 [...]

L-R Jason Ericsson (2nd), Mike Sumner (1st), Brett Martin (3rd)
Mike Sumner, a thirty-eight year old IT Systems Manager from Interlochen, MI took first place in the National Bluegrass Banjo Contest. This was Mike’s third time to enter the contest having placed second in 2000 and first in 2001. Mike said, “I set [...]