Mountain High Bluegrass Associates of Bellow Falls, VT has just published the 2008 Bluegrass Guide, featuring a cover story on native Vermonter, Dan Tyminski.

Dan talks about learning to play as a young boy, his early picking days with Green Mountain Bluegrass and his tremendous success in recent years.

The Bluegrass Guide is published each spring with festival listings and flyers, and a variety of profiles of bands, songwriters, engineers/producers and radio hosts.

It can be ordered online for $10 (plus $5 shipping).

Tonight’s Songwriter Chat from the folks at The Bluegrass Guide will feature an online discussion with Carl Jackson. He will join host Eric Gibson on Tuesday, 2/26 at 8:00 p.m. (EST) to talk about his craft, and take questions from chatters.

To participate, visit the Songwriter Chat page at 8:00 and log in. There is no fee to participate, and only a very brief registration is required to join.

Transcripts from previous sessions with Tim Stafford, Larry Cordle, Brink Brinkman, Chris Stuart and others can be found on the site as well (scroll to the bottom of the page).

The Bluegrass Guide will launch their 2008 Songwriter Chat season tomorrow night (1/15) with noted songsmith Tim Stafford as their guest. This year’s host for Songwriter Chat will be Eric Gibson, half of the bluegrass singing/songwriting duo, The Gibson Brothers.

You can join Eric and Tim at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday evening by logging into the chat room on The Bluegrass Guide web site. Chat participants can pose their own questions to Tim, or simply read along.

To participate, visit the Songwriter Chat page and log in. No registration is required.

Transcripts from previous sessions with Larry Cordle, Brink Brinkman, Chris Stuart and others can be found on the site as well (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Eric and Leigh Gibson will return to The Bluegrass Guide’s Songwriter Chat on Monday, May 14 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT).

This online chat forum is hosted monthly by Rick Lang, and is designed to give songwriters an opportunity to interact with successful bluegrass writers from the comfort of their computer screens.

There is no fee to participate, and only a very brief registration is required to join in.

You can find transcripts from previous Songwriter Chat sessions by scrolling to the bottom of The Bluegrass Guide Chat Room page.

The Gibson Brothers were also the featured artists in the 2007 print edition of The Bluegrass Guide, an annual listing of festivals and bluegrass events.