Author: John Lawless

The Bluegrass Blog provided extensive coverage yesterday of the August 17 press conference announcing nominations for the 2011 IBMA Awards. If you want to see and read it all, just follow these handy links: Complete list of nominees Press conference report Photos from the

The now world-famous Sleepy Man Banjo Boys have been in the studio of late, recording an album of traditional bluegrass instrumental music. The timing of this long-planned venture coincides perfectly with their sudden popularity. A number of appearances on national

John Christian Scott, son of Tony and Pam Rice, died earlier today after a head-on collision while riding his motorcycle in North Carolina. Chris was airlifted from Burlington where the accident occurred to the hospital at the University of North

The 2011 nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced. We'll have some additional coverage shortly, with photos from today's press conference. But for now, here is the list, starting with this year's honorary awards. Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame

I first met C.W. Mundy at IBMA several years ago. To all appearances, he was just another bald-headed banjo fiend at the Huber booth, checking out the wares, and showing off his own custom banjo Huber had made for him

John Goad is a student at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, working on a dual major in History and Bluegrass Music. He will also be one of our correspondents and reviewers when we relaunch the site in September. While

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