Author: John Lawless

Everybody loves a wedding, and what could be better than a bluegrass wedding on the beach? That is just what Danny Stewart and Ashley Wiese had last week when they tied the knot in Florida after spending a week at sea on

Over the weekend at SPBGMA, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage hosted an open jam in the lobby of the Sheraton Music City Hotel, where the convention was held. All were invited to pick with Rhonda and the boys, and quite

Volume Five has announced Harry Clark as the new mandolinist with the band. Harry hails from Searcy, AR where he got started on mandolin at the age of 10. He picked up guitar a few years later and started performing regionally

The Steeldrivers' upcoming Rounder album, Hammer Down, is being offered as a live stream through the mega pop culture site, PopMatters. There you can not only hear the entire project in its entirely, you can read an interview with the band

At SPBGMA over the weekend, we spoke several times with D.A. Callaway, Talent Coordinator at Silver Dollar City, and the reigning 2013 SPBGMA Promoter of Year for his work on Silver Dollar's Bluegrass & BBQ festival, held in May at

Sierra Hull is spending this early part of 2013 tracking for her third Rounder Records album. They are recording at Ben Folds' Studio, the old RCA Studio A, designed by Chet Atkins in 1964. Vance Powell is engineering. In just the few

The winners of the 2013 SPBGMA Fan's Choice Awards have been announced here in Nashville at their 39th annual convention. Performances at the awards show included Nothin' Fancy, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, The Gibson Brothers, Rarely Herd, Randy Waller & the

Terry and I have been enjoying spending time here at SPBGMA with so many of the fine folks who create, promote, broadcast and write this wonderful bluegrass music we love so well. Roland White spent much of the afternoon at the

The winners of the 2013 SPBGMA Band Competition have just been announced here at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. Ten finalists were announced after yesterday's first round, and they all performed again this afternoon to determined the final order. And the winners

Things were hopping in the lobby of the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville last night here at SPBGMA. We caught Dave Adkins & Republik Steele in a lobby alcove performing their current single, The Way I Roll.