Author: John Lawless

Daylight coming soon from John Driskell Hopkins and Balsam Range

John Driskell Hopkins, bass player with the Zac Brown Band, has teamed up with Balsam Range to record an album of…

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Happy Sweet Sixteen to the Good Times banjo

It was in September 1996 that the Deering Banjo Company introduced what has become its most popular and iconic model. The…

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Great news from Chris Wade

The last time we posted about Marty Raybon’s young banjo picker Chris Wade, it was with sad and somewhat depressing news….

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Bluegrass for the Rockaways

California is about as far from New York as you can get in the US, but people there were as struck…

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Steve Groat passes

Steve Groat, who established the Aiken Bluegrass Festival in 2004 with his wife, Jeannie, died on Tuesday (12/11). He was 67…

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EWOB applications due by December 15

This Saturday (12/15) is the firm deadline for submitting applications to perform at the 2013 European World of Bluegrass. Next year’s…

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See The Roys on Marie

The Roys will be the musical guests on today’s (12/13) edition of Marie!, Marie Osmond’s new show on The Hallmark Channel….

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Lee Marcus follows through

We’ve written a few times recently about Lee Marcus, banjo picker and budding bluegrass impressario. He was the impetus behind seeking…

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Carl Franklin passes

Noted Tennessee fiddler Carl Franklin passed away on Tuesday (12/11) after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Hendersonville on…

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Punch Brothers in This Is 40

Among the many new films set to debut during the Christmas season is This Is 40, written and directed by Judd…

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#1 Bluegrass Music Charts

Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music

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