Author: John Lawless

Colorado Case Company has expanded from their popular line of soft cases and case covers to include fiberglass flight cases for mandolin, guitar, fiddle and banjo. They will offer shaped, rectangular and teardrop cases selling in the $600-$900 range. Company President

We received this note from Nancy Cardwell at IBMA. John Wynn, builder of Wynn mandolins and banjos and  the banjo player/band leader along with his wife, Betty of their family band, SouthWynn, passed away early this morning, Wednesday, August 11,  at

Arising from the ashes like a phoenix, Pinecastle Records is back with new ownership, and a number of familiar faces. The label closed in February of this year when company President Tom Riggs' health failed, and the family made the decision

We are delighted to learn that Melvin Goins' pacemaker surgery this past Monday went well, and that he is now resting at home, eager to get back out on stage in front of his many fans. Anyone who would like to

There is much to report from and about Punch Brothers, Chris Thile's merry band of alt-bluegrass pranksters. Their current Nonesuch album, Antifogmatic, has just been released on vinyl for all you audiophiles out there. It is packaged with a copy of

But of course! Gordon shows us how's it's done in his video entry for our Have Bass Will Travel contest. You, too, can enter to win fabulous prizes from Colorado Case, The Bass Strummit, D'Addario and AcuTab. Just make your own

The Dixie Bee-Liners are about to depart for a weekend trip to England, and are asking their fans to consider helping them out with tour expenses. Shows are scheduled on Friday (8/13) at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Festival in Oxfordshire ,

Anyone want free tickets to see Casey Driessen opening for country/rock sensations the Zac Brown Band? Casey and his power trio are touring this next two weeks with Brown, and is offering two free tickets for each show to folks who

Hot Rize hits the road again this fall for their first US tour in more than 10 years. They have a string of dates scheduled later this year with original members Pete Wernick on banjo, Tim O'Brien on mandolin/fiddle and

Kevin Prater has joined up with The Bluegrass Brothers on banjo. He had worked for some time with James King, playing mandolin and singing tenor, but had gotten his start as a banjo picker. Kevin had been working of late