Author: John Lawless

The next edition of Cindy Baucom's Knee Deep In Bluegrass will focus on Tom T. and Dixie Hall, celebrated songwriters whose commitment to bluegrass of late has been widely reported. Not only have they written dozens of songs recorded by

It looks like there will be shortly, as resonator guitarist Matt Leadbetter has informed the band that he would no longer be able to perform with them owing to work and family obligations. Tim Tipton sent along this statement from Brand

The Chapmans are celebrating today. Their video for Bubble Gum Baby has just been added to the online rotation at GACTV.com. The song is the first single from their new CD on Compass Records, Grown Up (A Revisionist History). Visit GAC online

Time is running out to get your entry in to win a personally autographed copy of the new tony Rice biography, Still Inside - The Tony Rice Story. Word Of Mouth Press is giving away five copies to readers of

Here's an advance look and listen to a song from the upcoming Mountain Heart project, an EP expected in early July. The song is That Just Happened, written by Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve, shot at The Melting Point in

We posted last week about Peter Rowan signing with Compass Records, and starting work on a new CD with The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band. You'll have a chance to hear his new group tonight when they perform on Music City Roots,

Cherryholmes is taking the music from Cherryholmes IV Common Threads, their upcoming CD, to the radio airwaves this week, in advance of its June 1 release on Skaggs Family Records. They will be on tonight's Tuesday Opry (4/27), and on

We've posted several times recently about Up On The Ridge, the bluegrass/Americana-themed album from Dierks Bentley due June 8 on Capitol Records. It's an interesting record, with many moments of pure brilliance, and it could attract a lot of attention

Cadillac Sky will be live on the radio at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon (4/26) on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. The guys will be on with Jen Hitt to discuss - and deliver - some music from their upcoming Dualtone CD, Letters

Alan Bibey tells us that Grasstowne has completed their roster for the 2010 season. "We'd like to announce that Adam Haynes formerly with Dailey & Vincent and Larry Stephenson is the new fiddle player/vocalist with Grasstowne. We've been friends with Adam