Gold Heart is a real treasure for the bluegrass community. Don’t take my word for it; judge for yourself by giving the group’s latest CD, My Sisters and Me, a listen.

First of all, the album on the Rural Rhythm label is just darn good bluegrass. It also shows the promise that bluegrass…

Nashville, Tenn., — About the most important question a young bluegrass band faces right out of the gate is whether they can play. The Infamous Stringdusters wasted no time in providing their answer… an emphatic “yes,” winning IBMA Album, Song and Emerging Artist of the Year the very same year they released their debut, “Fork In the Road.” On “Things That Fly,” their third album, due out April 20, 2010 on Sugar Hill…

This years IBMA Dobro Player of the Year nominees include Mike Auldridge (currently playing with Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac), Jerry Douglas, Phil Leadbetter (Grasstowne), Andy Hall (The Infamous Stringdusters), Rob Ickes (Blue Highway) and Randy Kohrs. Who will slide out front and claim the 2009 IBMA Dobro Player of the Year. think you know. Vote Now….

Winfield, Kansas — Three-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award winning band and Sugar Hill recording artists, The Infamous Stringdusters, will be making their first visit to the stages of the Walnut Valley Festival in 2009. Though the band is rooted in the traditions of bluegrass, fans can always expect to hear a mix of country, bluegrass and free form improvisations that help make every show a one-of-a-kind experience….

One of my favorite albums back in the early Seventies was “Mike Auldridge Dobro,” just a wonderful collection of songs and primo pickers on the old Tacoma label. It’s one of those albums that literally got played until the grooves pretty much wore out — at least to the point where the high-frequencies eventually disappeared.

I had always been a bit fascinated by the sound of a Dobro, mainly through the playing of Josh Graves on my Flatt & Scruggs LPs and listening to Bashful Brother Osward backing up Roy Acuff on the Grand Ole Opry broadcasts….