Author: John Lawless

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

The Bluegrass Brothers have become favorites wherever super hard-driving traditional bluegrass music is in fashion. The Virginia band has been performing together since 1989, and despite numerous personnel changes over the years, the one constant was always Victor Dowdy on

John Cowan has quite a history in and around bluegrass music. He first burst onto the scene in 1974 as the bass player with Newgrass Revival, with whom he toured and recorded until 1990. His soaring vocals became as much

Bluegrass Today is teaming up with Word Of Mouth Press to give away five copies of the long-awaited Tony Rice biography, Still Inside, personally autographed and inscribed by the Rice Man himself. The book, written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright,

Rounder Records has announced that an extra bonus track from Willie Nelson's new Americana release, Country Music, will be bundled with all downloads in iTunes. Country Music was released this week (4/20) and showcases the legendary performer in a rootsy, acoustic

Skaggs Family Records is offering a free track download from the upcoming Cherryholmes CD, Cherryholmes IV Common Threads. The track is Live It, the first single from the new album, featuring the plaintive voice of Molly Cherryholmes, the youngest of

AcuTab is set to release the first instructional DVD for one of the most celebrated pickers in bluegrass music. Barry Bales - A Solid Approach To Acoustic Bass is set for an April 27 release. Bales is well-known for his work

Actually a much older one... Banjoist Jake Schepps is in the studio recording his stringband arrangements of 20th century composer Bela Bartok's music. He will include pieces from the Mikrokosmos, Music for Children, Romanian Folk Dance #1, and 6 of the

Billboard is reporting that Steve Martin will be heading back into the studio in August to record a follow-up to The Crow, using The Steep Canyon Rangers as his accompanists. Martin and the Rangers are touring together this month in