Author: John Lawless

The International Bluegrass Music Association has another of their online professional development seminars scheduled for this week. This next one will be held on Wednesday (2/16) from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EST), and the topic is Developing a Business Plan.

And the Best Bluegrass Album is... Mountain Soul II from Patty Loveless. Anybody starting to see a pattern emerging where the bluegrass Grammy is concerned? There was a great deal of excitement when this category was added a few years ago,

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage will be guests on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, which airs live tonight (2/12) from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (EST). The show is carried on almost 600 public radio stations in the US, with some

It's been a while since we've heard from Larry Cordle, the brilliant songwriter who brought such classics as Highway 40 Blues and Murder On Music Row to wide audiences. Cord has been a bluegrass guy from the beginning, though, and it

Close followers of the Garfield comic strip over the years will have noted that cartoonist Jim Davis is wont to drop in the odd banjo reference now and then. Is Davis a closet five-stringer? Or does he just think the

We posted last week with news about In A Groove, the upcoming debut CD from Terry Baucom. It's hard to even comprehend describing a "debut" project for a 40 year veteran in the bluegrass music world. Terry got his start right

Jayme Stone has garnered another Juno nomination for his experimental banjo music - his third in as many album releases. As Jayme mentioned in a recent communication, "Does this mean the banjo is back?" The Junos are Canada-specific music awards, set

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for this Sunday, February 13 and Sam Bush is using the occasion of his nomination of Circles Around Me in the Best Bluegrass Album category as the basis for a fun Facebook promotion. Sam

We just heard from Matt Munsey, mandolinist with Monroeville, with some very happy news. He and his wife, Juliana, are celebrating the birth this morning of their daughter, Liliana, their first child. Needless to say, Matt is beside himself... "Her name is Liliana

The George Washburn company made its bones in the late 19th and early 20th century building what were known at the time as parlor guitars, sometimes described as ladies' guitars. These were smaller body instruments, with a shorter scale, than