Author: John Lawless

Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys have been invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry on January 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in honor of his father, Dr. Ralph Stanley's, distinction as the first Opry member to

The Infamous Stringdusters have joined forces with the Music Masters Collective to offer their top fans a unique opportunity to study with them for four days at the Full Moon Resort in upstate New York. Billed as Picker's Paradise, running June

Barbara Martin Stephens, groundbreaking female booking agent and artist manager during the early days in Nashville, and ex-wife of enduring bluegrass icon Jimmy Martin, has released a second book. Titled The People and the Music - Country and Bluegrass That Is!,

Seldom Scene has announced the March 14 release of their next album, Remains To Be Scene, with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Remains To Be Scene marks the band's final project with guitarist Dudley Connell after nearly 30 years in that role. Dudley

Popular Kentucky banjo builder and repairman Arthur Hatfield suffered the loss of his shop to fire on Saturday, January 10. A wooden musical instrument shop contains a good many combustible materials, and by the time the fire department got to the

Buck White, the mandolin and piano playing patriarch of country/bluegrass family group The Whites, died today at 8:00 a.m., Nashville time. He was 94 years of age and had been in ill health for some time. Born H.S. White in 1934

Pitney Meyer, the new bluegrass outfit consisting of Mo Pitney and John Meyer, has announced a new single, Bear Creek Clay, and pre-order availability for their debut album, Cherokee Pioneer, set for release on Curb Records in April. Pitney, who has

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that they will be partnering with Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's Folk Conference, which takes place next week at The Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. The Conference celebrates the many varied streams of traditional music

Melton & Miller Music are starting the new year with a single from banjo player/vocalist Gena Britt, of Sister Sadie. Gena had established herself as a bluegrass pro long before Sister Sadie hit it big. From her home in North Carolina

The big Pickin' For A Purpose concert, scheduled for tomorrow night (January 11) to provide funding for hurricane disaster relief in Greene County, TN, has been rescheduled, postponed for one week because of the snow and ice storm bearing down