In with the old, nix the new. That’s the theme from the first track to the finale on Some Old Day, a new CD by California-based Blue & Lonesome.

If you’re bag is Lester Flatt, Jimmy Martin, Father Bill Monroe and his great fiddler Kenny Baker, this album is a tailor-made fit. You won’t find any chromatic banjo runs or polished four-part harmonies here….

Nashville’s prestigious The Violin Shop has alerted BluegrassJournal.com to a family in need and some friends who are trying to help meet all those needs.

“Chris Fontaine is a Nashville-area husband and father of three who is battling a rare cancer, Ewing’s Sarcoma,” The Violin Shop wrote in an e-mail. “Because of a pre-existing condition, Chris wasn’t able to get medical coverage,…