Elvis Costello will appear on A Prairie Home Companion, Thursday, February 4th, in a special, first time live Cinecast of the show from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Tonight’s show will be beamed into hundreds of movie theaters around the the United States and Canada, and will also air in audio-only form during the A Prairie Home Companion’s regular time slot this Saturday….

Elvis Costello, whose show “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…” wraps up its second season on Sundance Channel at the end of January, will tour the U.S. this spring with a variety of line ups. Costello will be playing solo, with his band the Imposters, and with the Sugarcanes, the accomplished musicians who joined him on his Grammy-nominated 2009 album ‘Secret, Profane & Sugarcane‘ (Hear Music)…..

Two-time Grammy Award winner and Americana music icon Jim Lauderdale received a Grammy nomination when his latest album Could We Get Any Closer was honored in the “Best Bluegrass Album” category. Lauderdale is also in the mix in two other categories this year: he co-wrote two songs on George Strait’s album Twang (including the title track) which is up for “Best Country Album”…

Nashville, Tenn., — The Steeldrivers seem to be on a roll. Last night their self-titled debut album was named Bluegrass Album of the Year at the Nashville Music Awards. While The Steeldriver’s hard-hitting and often genre-bending sound has garnered plenty of favorable reviews, success among their industry peers had been elusive until this year. The group was recently honored as the International Bluegrass Music…

Elvis Costello’s latest release “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane” features a wealth of bluegrass music’s top session musicians. The CD, released back in June on the Hear Music label features the talents of: Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Jeff Taylor and Dennis Crouch, all of whom make up the core band used on the recording sessions….