Author: John Lawless

Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are written by noted bluegrass instructors (Janet Davis, Joe Carr and Steve Kaufman), and are available for download purchase as

The Berklee College of Music in Boston has announced that Wes Corbett has been hired as a banjo instructor, joining David Hollender in that capacity at the school. Corbett will serve as an Associate Professor on a part time basis,

This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of

Balsam Range will be featured on Friday's (8/12) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, performing material from their current CD, Trains I Missed. The shows airs at noon (EDT) from Knoxville, TN at 102.9 FM, and via live streaming online

Compass Records sent along a few behind-the-scenes photos from a video shoot last week for Dale Ann Bradley. It will result in a music video for Come Home Good Boy, the first single from her upcoming Somewhere South Of Crazy

Banjo phenom Ryan Cavanaugh just let us know that he will be touring this month with Jeff & Vida, supporting them in a trio format for a number of shows in North Carolina. Ryan is the cover boy on the August

Bluegrass balladeer and banjo picker Dave Evans is home recovering from a very serious health scare that required heart surgery at the end of July. Evans spoke earlier today with Dave Freeman of Rebel Records, and relayed that he had a

From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

Lilly Pavlak has a piece up on the European Bluegrass Music Association blog about the prestigious band competition at this past weekend's La Roche Bluegrass Festival in France. She reports that the winners for 2011 are: Blackjack (Czech Republic) Blueland (Slovakia) Lazy Tater (Netherlands) Blackjack

Richard Thompson's piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Both wanted to share their personal reaction upon reading that piece, one looking