Alison Krauss and John Waite will be on GAC-TV this afternoon talking with host Kylie Harris, on the show The Edge of Country. They will be discussing their duet Missing You,, which has been covered here on The Bluegrass Blog previously.

Other topics of discussion will include new recording projects, their touring schedules, and more.

The show airs at 1 Pm EST today, March 31, 2007. If you won’t be able to watch it, don’t despair, it will be rebroadcast on April 4th.

No, Clapton is not making a bluegrass record. He is hosting his second Crossroads Guitar Festival. The last one was held three years ago in 2004, and later released on DVD. Now an encore performance is scheduled for July 28, 2007 at Toyota Park in Chicago, IL.

Last time around, in 2004, Jerry Douglas and Dan Tyminski were both on the bill individually. This year’s festival attendees will see the entire AKUS band on stage according to the venue’s website.

Vince Gill has also been confirmed as a performer for this year’s festival.

The Crossroads Guitar Festival website has not yet been updated with info on this year’s festival.

Ticket’s go on sale today, March 31, at 10 AM via TicketMaster.com and will cost $90 each.

The current issue of Teen Strings magazine has a story titled How To Train For A Fiddle Contest. It’s written by John Boulware, who at age 19 is the 2006 Tennessee fiddle champ.

Teen Strings is a quarterly print magazine from String Letter Publishing, who also publishes Strings Magazine. The magazine is produced in cooperation with the American String Teachers Association, and focused on the interests and needs of young string musicians.

His article is written to help young fiddlers prepare for entering a fiddle competition, especially if it’s their first time. As you might expect, he insists that practice is a key factor.

Do as many people have told me to do: "Play the song until you are absolutely sick of it, and then play it some more." However, it’s important not to aim for quantity while losing sight of quality. Always stay focused when you’re practicing your piece, even if it’s the 2,873,465th time.

You can read the full article on the Teen Strings web site, where a free trial issue is available for the asking. Individual issues can be purchased as well.