Author: John Lawless

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

Bill Yates, long time bass player with The Country Gentlemen now tours with a special tribute show that honors the Gents. They book as Bill Yates & the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, and you can find a list of their

We've all heard of hunger strikes, where some lone voice refuses to eat in protest, risking their very life to draw attention to some perceived wrong. It has had its noble practitioners over the course of recorded history Well... the Dixie

We just received this encouraging update from Martha Adcock regarding Eddie's most recent medical procedure. He had surgery back in January to change the battery in his brain implant, and check on some wiring issues. Complications from that procedure required another,

Kenny Smith shares some thoughts about his upcoming instrumental album on Gat 3 Records in this new video, which also includes comments from Adam Steffey, Barry Bales and Glenn Tabor of Gat 3. This all-instrumental project will be his first guitar

We've posted previously about The John Hartford Stringband, and the marvelous album, Memories Of John, which they released in April of 2010 in tribute to their namesake. The band is a joint project of banjoist Bob Carlin, fiddler Matt Combs, and