Quote of the month

Do you think bluegrass can thrive in the digital age? And if so, how?

I think a lot of the musicians are going to have to realise that there's nothing wrong with getting on stage and plugging your instruments in. It's a matter of putting your songs on iTunes and approving MP3 downloads. It's about getting on MySpace and Facebook and pushing your music yourself, to a certain extent...

This genre of music hasn't had to use [the internet] before... But now we're all in this huge competition because we're all on Facebook and everyone wants more fans than each other. You actually have to get on there. You have to show yourself to people. You can't just lay back and play what you've always known and wait for someone to come to you.

Amber Collins of the southern Virginia band No Speed Limit (see the Bluegrass Blog)