This afternoon at 1PM EST, BluegrassRadio.org will broadcast the just released Dan Tyminski Radio Special.

Produced by Rounder Records and hosted by Brad Paul, the special includes a full hour of interview conversation with Dan Tyminski. Dan and Brad discuss the new CD Wheels, how Dan first became interested in bluegrass music, how he was invited to join AKUS, working on the O Brother soundtrack, and lots more.

So tune in this afternoon at 1PM. Online at BluegrassRadio.org. In South Georgia at 105.1 FM.

BluegrassRadio.org will be re-airing the Riverbend Bluegrass Festival show recorded last Saturday this evening (4/26) at 7:00 p.m. (EDT). Performers featured include Ernie Thacker, returning to the stage after his two year recovery from a serious accident, followed by The Chapmans, Grasstowne and Lou Reid and Carolina.

BluegrassRadio.org is a free, listen-supported Internet radio service that runs a 24/7 bluegrass feed, available for both iTunes and Windows Media. Visit their site to choose a feed and listen in anytime.

The Riverbend Bluegrass Festival in Ocilla, GA begins today, and BluegrassRadio.org will be on hand to record all of the main stage performances this weekend.

Artists to be recorded include Grasstowne, Lou Reid and Carolina, The Chapmans, and more.

The Grasstowne performance will be broadcast on Sunday April 20, 2008 @ 1 PM EDT. Next Saturday, April 26, 2008, BluegrassRadio.org will broadcast the entire main stage performance from all the bands. That will take place starting at 7 PM EDT.

If you don’t have plans Sunday, or next Saturday evening, be sure to attend the Riverbend Bluegrass Festival online at BluegrassRadio.org.

Subscribers to Bluegrass Unlimited magazine may already have read the feature in the September issue on BluegrassRadio.org’s Clyde Scott. The article sums up the history of Clyde’s involvement in radio, and how he came to launch his 24/7 bluegrass streaming radio service online.

Clyde tells us that he took the station for their first road trip recently, and recorded interviews with Vic Graves of New Road and Steve Gulley of Grasstowne. The full hour of conversation and songs will be aired on BluegrassRadio.org this weekend, on Saturday (9/1) at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday (9/2) at 1:00 p.m. (EDT).