Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand (Rounder)
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, whose “Raising Sand” album has emerged as one of the past year’s major critical and word-of-mouth sales success stories, will begin an extensive US and European tour April 20 with a brief run of dates in the mid-South. The two lauded musicians [...]

Jesse McReynolds
Starting this week, two new voices are riding the morning airwaves over the greater Nashville, Tenn., area.
Grand Ole Opry star and Bluegrass legend Jesse McReynolds Monday started co-hosting a morning radio show with his old friend Harv Mason. The show is being broadcast before a live audience from McReynolds’ new music park, The Pick [...]

Gibson Guitar and TC Group, leaders in professional audio industry, have announced they are planning to merge. The announcement was made during the NAMM 2008 show in Anaheim, California by Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz and CEO of TC Group, Anders Fauerskov.
The TC Group, headquartered in Risskov, Denmark, develops and manufactures [...]

Submissions for Merlefest’s prestigious “Chris Austin Songwriting contest” are due March 4th. Songs maybe submitted to one of 4 categories including – Country, Bluegrass, Gospel and General.
Along with a plethora of prizes up for grabs, submitters get a chance to have their material reviewed by a panel comprised of songwriters and other Nashville music industry [...]

Donna Ulisse
Donna Ulisse wants to invite all the fans attending SPBGMA in Nashville at the end of January to stop by her booth #3-B in the Plantation Ballroom to register for a free iPod nano. The drawing will be held at the end of the day on the last day of the event and the [...]