Author: John Lawless

  • Carlton Haney passes

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    We just received word from Fred Bartenstein that bluegrass manager and festival pioneer Carlton Haney died this afternoon at 2:15 p.m. (EDT). Sad news indeed for the bluegrass world. As we had reported last week, Carlton was hospitalized in early March

  • Welcome Abigail Gillihan

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    Brance Gillihan, co-founder of Bluegrass Today, and his wife Lauren are delighted to announce the birth of their second daughter, Abigail Faith. She was born at the St. Luke's Hospital East in Lee's Summit, MO this morning at 8:06 (CDT), weighing in

  • Steve Martin – Rare Bird Alert

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    Steve Martin caught the music and media world unawares with his 2009 album, The Crow. It featured him on banjo, along with a bevy of country, folk and bluegrass icons on 15 new songs Martin had written. Martin also sang many

  • Bearfoot – new look and sound

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    I had the good fortune to hook-up with the members of Bearfoot on Friday when they performed here in Roanoke. The band let me crash their pre-sound check dinner for an interview, and I was able to catch the first

  • Henhouse Prowlers in Olen

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    Here's the eighth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from bass player and founding member, Jon Goldfine. The guys have promised daily reports (with

  • The Speed Of Bluegrass

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    Your Essential Bluegrass Connection That's our motto; that's what we bring. It's also the name of a great new tune by Jim VanCleve, which we have adopted as our theme song. It will be available as a digital single on March

  • Claire Lynch OK after close call

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    Claire Lynch escaped injury in a frightening auto accident last night that occurred just as she was nearing the end of a weekend's worth of touring with her band. I'll let her explained what happened. "I was alone and had just dropped

  • The Speed Of Bluegrass

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    Your Essential Bluegrass Connection That's our motto; that's what we bring. It's also the name of a great new tune by Jim VanCleve, which we have adopted as our theme song. It will be available as a digital single on March

  • Elton John and Punch Brothers

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    We have wondered several times on Bluegrass Today whether it shouldn't be a requirement that every artist in any field of music had to make a bluegrass record before they could be voted into their respective Hall of Fame. It seems