The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival is still accepting votes in their “Last Banjo Standing” online battle-of-the-bands contest. Voting runs through November 15 with the winner announced from the top 5 vote getters at Noon on November 16. The winning band will receive $500 and a performance slot on stage during the festival which features Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and the Emmitt-Nershi Band among others….

Nashville, Tenn., — Legendary bassist and producer Norbert Putnam will be honored at the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum on Saturday, November 14, as part of the popular quarterly series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. The program, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and free to Museum members….

Nashville, Tenn., — Charlie Daniels has announced 2-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, The Grascals and winner of the 2002 BMI ‘Songwriter of the Year’ Award, Brad Arnold, lead singer of the multi-platinum rock band, 3 Doors Down will join him on-stage at the 2009 Charlie Daniels Band & Friends Concert to benefit Christmas 4 Kids…