Author: John Lawless

We had posted earlier this year about the first-ever DC Bluegrass Festival, which was held March 27 in McLean, VA. Much of our pre-event focus was on banjo legend Bill Emerson, and him being the recipient of the first Washington Monument

Bluegrass heavyweights and former Lonesome River Bandmates Dan Tyminski and Ronnie Bowman will be touring together this spring and summer. The two have long been known for how well their voices blend and complement each others, and have not performed

I've been enjoying the new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country, since I found a copy in yesterday's mail. Like their previous 3 albums, this one is a start-to-finish masterpiece, with innovative arrangements of traditional folk music and the band's

Do you know the name Mark Brinkman? Perhaps you know him by his nickname, Brink. Still not sure? If you're not certain you know Mark, you certainly know his music. His original songs have been recorded by Lonesome River Band, Larry

Terry Poirier contacted us last night with news about his show this evening (May 10) on World Wide Bluegrass. He will be dedicating this edition of Kickin' Canadian Grass to music and discussion following the horrible flooding in Nashville and

Cadillac Sky has released a second video on the making of the their upcoming CD, Letters in the Deep. You'll see our heroes working in the studio, sharing thoughts about the process, and engaged in the ritualistic quest for the

The Farewell Drifters have decided to use video introduce the music from their upcoming CD, Yellow Tag Mondays. They will drop one each week leading up to the album's June 8 release. Here's the first, for River Song. This one has

Jett's Creek saw the release yesterday of their second CD, Guilty. The Cincinnati, OH band was formed by siblings Adam McIntosh and Angie Young, along with their dad, Jon McIntosh. This project has been a long time in coming. A single

With so much sad and depressing news on Bluegrass Today this week, the time seems ripe for something a bit more fun, and the May 2010 issue of Banjo NewsLetter has just the thing. The cover story is an interview with

If you have young children at home - or are exposed to much television advertising - you know about Furry Vengeance, a new theatrical film from Summit Entertainment. The premise is a fairly common Hollywood morality play where venal developers