Author: John Lawless

One happy event that we missed last month was the wedding of Dailey & Vincent banjo man Joe Dean to his lovely bride Ashley Garrett on December 11. The couple took the opportunity of the band's year end downtime to schedule

For the second year in a row, The Steam Powered Hour show in New York City will partner with San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival for a bi-coastal bluegrass happening. Hardly Strictly is a major cultural event in California's Bay area,

Well... here goes another year by the wayside. Farewell 2010; greetings 2011. Mountain Heart is marking the new year with a 2011 band calendar, complete with photos of the group and the individual members to brighten your day for the next

We've had a number of occasions on Bluegrass Today to note the appreciation for J.S. Bach among bluegrass and acoustic string musicians. Much of Bach's music was composed for harpsichord, and is right at home on the banjo or mandolin,

We are saddened to report that Dave Giegerich, noted resonator guitarist and instructor, passed away on December 29 from complications following a bone marrow transplant this spring. The transplant was in response to a diagnosis of aplastic anemia, which was

Al Osteen, a beloved member of the bluegrass community in upstate South Carolina, died yesterday (12/31) following a battle with cancer. He had been a noted professional performer since the late 1960s, but his lasting mark is the large number

We've posted in the past about David Grindstaff and his terrific debut CD, Here & Now, as well as The Troubadours, the group with whom he performs. Mountain Fever Records will have a project from the band in 2011, and

If your Christmas was anything like mine, you spent several days with extended family over the weekend. One of my favorite parts of this exercise is catching up with younger members of the clan, and hearing about their plans for

We had a chance to catch up this morning with notorious flatpicker Clay Hess, guitarist with Sierra Hull & Highway 111. The band is off right now for the holidays, but will be back at it starting January 20 in New

Word has come that a new Yonder Mountain String Band studio project is in the works for next year. The bluegrass-fusion specialists are recording in Colorado now, and will hit the road in late January for 3 solid weeks of