Author: John Lawless

The Kruger Brothers were a guest on The Woodsongs Old-Time Music Hour earlier this month, and video from the program is now available online. Woodsongs tapes live each Monday evening from Lexington, KY with performances from an eclectic mix of

Anyone who follows any aspect of the music business these days is keenly aware of the precipitous decline in the sales of audio CDs. This drop has been ongoing since roughly 2000, and with some minor variations, can be found

ETSU didn't make much of a splash in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament last week, but they have a real winner in David Grindstaff, a student in their Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program. His debut

Colorado banjo player Jake Schepps and his band, Expedition Quartet, have just arrived in Russia. They have been invited to compete in the 1st Annual Terem Crossover in St. Petersburg this week, where they will go up against dozens of

Next weekend will be a big one for Tom Gray. Not only will the original Seldom Scene bass player be teaching at his first all-day workshop on March 27, he has a CD release concert with his new band that

As if he didn't have enough already... Del McCoury will be among the 2010 Pennsylvania Governor's Arts Awards Honorees when they are presented on April 8. He will accept the Artist of the Year award, also known as the Hazlett Memorial

Here is another set of reflections on Leadership Bluegrass 2010, this time from Carol Beaugard, host of Lonesome Pine RFD, heard on both WFDU-FM in the New York City metro market and on WAMU's Bluegrass Country online. Her show airs

Kindred Records has just signed Ronnie King to the label and will release his new CD, Free of Guilt, on May 1. Ronnie performed with New River Line from 2001-2006, where he played mandolin, sang and contributed original material to the

Phil Bankester, pére of the pickin' and singin' Bankester Family, was among the participants in the 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class. He passed along these thoughts about his time in Nashville last week. "Leadership Bluegrass was an incredible experience. It was three days of

On Monday Brance mentioned an upcoming album from Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley in his piece about Blue Highway's 15th Anniversary concert in Roanoke. We had posted last year about this project when Tim and Steve first started recording in