Author: John Lawless

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

Anyone who followed old time music in the 1970s remembers Highwoods String Band. They were a staple at acoustic music festivals of all kinds, and had a number of successful albums during the early days of Rounder Records. Their live shows

The Country California site has a hilarious piece up about country music fan Reginald Spears, who was arrested after being observed in his local Wal-Mart shuffling CDs around in the store. Third-shift electronics cashier Lena Johnston first noticed Spears rifling through

Next Tuesday (8/16), IBMA will host another in its ongoing series of webinars for bluegrass professionals, this one specifically geared towards home recording enthusiasts. Recording Acoustic Instruments in your Home Studio will be led by Joe Weed, a producer, recording artist

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