Author: John Lawless

Nominees for the 2011 International Bluegrass Music Awards will be announced at a press conference this evening at The Loveless Barn in Nashville. The event will be broadcast live on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction (61) and via live streaming online beginning at

Rock Ridge is a new group in Northern California, with a debut CD to share. Drifter's Prayer is their first release, spearheaded by Rick and Josie Grant. He's on mandolin and she's on guitar, with both trading off on lead and

Cheryl Watson is a bluegrass singer, songwriter and instrumentalist in central Florida with a new CD of her original music. Watertown contains 13 tracks, 12 of them Watson's, plus a version of Beaumont Rag. Cheryl plays mandolin and sings lead with

Northern Virginia-based Shenandoah Drive has a new CD of hard-driving bluegrass, both new and familiar. Old Dirt Road features the music of Danny Seabolt on guitar, Chris King on banjo, Dave Kirk on mandolin, and Gary Creed on bass. All four

We be spending most of today on The Bluegrass Blog mentioning some new CDs you may not be aware of, but to get the day started off right, here is some fine video of Sierra Hull & Highway 111 at

We caught up recently with bluegrass singer/songwriter Mark Newton, who filled us in on his latest venture. After touring much of this year in a duo project with Carl Jackson, Mark has picked up a pair of strong pickers and

The folks at Pinecastle Music have graciously offered to share a live stream of the new CD from Nu-Blu, The Blu-Disc, with readers of The Bluegrass Blog. The album was released last week, the band's second, and their first with

How would you like to win a brand new Martin HD-28V guitar valued at $4,000? Or maybe a Northfield A5M mandolin... tickets to a live taping of Austin City Limits? These are all prizes in a video contest to promote the

Tex Logan is home after being hospitalized earlier this month after suffering a series of mini-strokes. His daughter Jody says that he was released last week, and is happy to be home. She said he had the fiddle out and was

Regular readers have noted our year-long series of Bill Monroe facts, I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky, prepared by Richard Thompson. Each day Richard brings forward Monroe milestones that occurred on that date through the years - some monumental, others