Opinion / Humor

As The Bluegrass Blog rolls into Bluegrass Today, I thought I’d take us back to the beginning of the online bluegrass community. Let us recall a simpler time, a time when bluegrass social media meant the letters section of Bluegrass Unlimited,

Legitimate old-timers and serious students of bluegrass music recognize Bill Monroe as a bona fide rebel. When he first burst onto the music scene in the 1940s, he was both a visionary and a revolutionary. Using the mandolin as a lead

NPR.org has posted the audio from the recent Mountain Stage performance by Dierks Bentley, along with The Travelin' McCourys. They visited the show during the promotional tour they did in support of Up On The Ridge, Bentley's latest CD on Capitol.

Brian Hazard over at the Music Think Tank blog has posted a good article entitled The case for online-only promotion. Some of his thoughts are right on and I agree wholeheartedly, others I have to respectfully disagree with. First he issues a

With all the advances in technology, it seems we've created a contrast in the way music is produced, and the way it's consumed. On one hand, recording technology has enabled the recording of high resolution audio. Most studios these days are

Brian Baker, writing for CityBeat Cincinnati, recently suggested that we coronate a new King of Bluegrass. His suggestion as to who should wear the crown? Ralph Stanley. His reasoning for recognizing Stanley is certainly sound, but his premise is wrong. If Monroe was

I've had several discussions with artists over the course of 2008 with regard to the final destination of promo CDs. Everyone sends them out, but no one talks about where they end up. The artists and labels send out large

Does music have value? Some would say it used to, but that it has recently be devalued by the internet age and mp3s. Is that true? Andrew Dubber tackles these questions in a recent blog post, Has music been devalued? Dubber shares

Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin and former head of Yahoo Music, gave the keynote address recently at the GRAMMY Northwest MusicTech Summit 2008. In his speech, Rogers explains the current state of the music business as he see it. He explains

Not long ago I came across a new blog site called Culture 11. The site's authors say their goal with the site is to provide some perspective on life in America as culturally conservative Americans find themselves facing changing times