The Gibson Brothers continue to stay at #1 on BMP’s Top 30 Hot Singles chart. We have a new number #1 album this month – Lou Reid & Carolina.

You can view the chart in its entirety here.

The museum has been gifted with a Weber Bitterroot F Style Mandolin valued at $2,999.00 to sell at auction. Weber’s generous donation to the museum is in support of both our Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp and ROMP. It has a particularly fine tone, strong and melodic. This is one of the best instruments we’ve been given and will undoubtedly age well. To view it, go to their website, Read more…

Steve Martin performed at the Ryman Auditorium on October 11 to promote his new album The Crowe. Special guests included Rhonda Vincent, Dan Tyminski, and others.

Rhonda sent BMP these photos to share.

 STEVE MARTIN AND RHONDA VINCENT

RHONDA WITH STEEP CANYON RANGERS, GARY SCRUGGS, AND RONNIE BOWMAN

DAN TYMINSKI AND RHONDA

MerleFest 2010, presented by Lowe’s, is proud to announce that multi-talented Grammy® and Emmy® winning actor, comedian, musician Steve Martin will perform Read more…

Bluegrass Gospel band, LakeSide, is pleased to announce a brand new radio single release, His Love, to Southern Gospel Radio.     Additional radio requests may be sent to Greg Blankenship.

Congratulations to Weston Stewart (banjo player for The Bluegrass Soul Pickers) for winning the Georgia state banjo competition. This makes Weston state champion banjo player in Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and now, Georgia.

The Blue Circle Records recording artist Soul Pickers are a five piece bluegrass band from Hazel Green, AL. Members of the band include Shane Norman (vocals and mandolin), Lorne Wilde (upright bass), Buddy Mason (vocals/guitar), Brett Anderton (vocals and dobro,guitar), and Weston Stewart (vocals and banjo).

Look for their album release early 2010.

Lincoln in the Land of Bluegrass, an ambitious stage musical produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) Read more…

Banjo player Allen Shelton has been hospitalized and diagnosed with Leukemia.  He’s being treated thru the Minnie Pearl Cancer Organization and can receive mail:

Allen Shelton
c/o Centennial Medical Center
Room 3306
2410 Patterson St.
Nashville, Tn. 37023

Mountain Heart sang the National Anthem for NASCAR’s Tums Relief 500 race on Sunday, October 25th at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.

The renowned duo and current hosts of the “Sunday Afternoon Breakdown” on WFCF 88.5 FM in St. Augustine, FL will be airing a new radio show Read more…