Author: John Lawless

OK folks...  here we go. The completely unofficial, unaffiliated-with-IBMA Bluegrass Blog Awards poll is now live. We are once again running our readers' awards poll, mirroring the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. We have done this for the past

The highly anticipated, self-titled debut CD from The Boxcars won't drop until October 19, but Mountain Home Records has just released a first single to radio. The song is December 13th, one of nine band originals out of thirteen tracks on

Out In The Middle Of Nowhere is the title of the new CD from Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa, released today by Raincoe Music. It's another set of original songs from Taylor, who first made his mark in bluegrass with the

Noam Pikelny has been named the recipient of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. This annual award, determined by a panel of expert judges, carries with it a cash prize of $50,000 and an exclusive

We heard yesterday from Jr. Williams, banjo picker with Kati Penn and Newtown, about the band's debut CD. This self-titled project is due in late October, featuring new songs from Jon Weisberger, Jeremy Garrett, Sarah Siskind, John Frazier, Dee Gaskin,

The Archetones are a new alt-county duo featuring Chris Henry on mandolin and electric guitar. Chris comes from the bluegrass Henry family -  mom Murphy and dad Red are both celebrated entrepreneurs and musicians - which also spawned another music pro

Steve Martin will be a guest on the Wednesday (9/8) edition of Good Morning America, performing on the banjo along with Steep Canyon Rangers. He will be on to promote his new children's book, Late For School, which is released on

With this morning's news about Mike Rogers taking up with Doyle Lawson, the question arises... "but what about Jason Leek?" And who better to answer that question thatn Jason himself, who shares this update. "Late in the year of 2005 Barry

Chris Pandolfi, resident videographer and banjo picker with The Infamous Stringdusters, has created another of his 'Dusters on the road videos, combining footage from a number of recent tours. In this one, he focuses on the fellows enjoying the great outdoors,

Doyle Lawson will debut his most recently modified iteration of Quicksilver this weekend at the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, KY. Mike Rogers has joined the band, where he will play bass guitar and sing tenor. Mike has spent most of