Author: John Lawless

The Gibson Brothers are celebrating three months with the title track of their Ring The Bell CD atop the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Survey of bluegrass songs. Another track getting attention from the album is Farm Of Yesterday, an autobiographical

The DC Bluegrass Union is a strong and growing organization dedicated to promoting bluegrass music in the Washington, DC area, which includes the heavily populated Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland regions. They are hosting their first festival on March 27

We've noted several times that country heartthrob Dierks Bentley is a serious bluegrass music fan, and that he has been a supporter of the music since long before he hit it big in Nashville. He has appeared on albums by

Joy Kills Sorrow is a young alternative string band based in Boston - yet another musical endeavor to bubble up from Beantown's simmering cauldron of musical youth. Their music is fresh and original... creative and expressive.. honest and sincere, played

Rob Iery has been a devoted bluegrass fan for nearly 40 years, but with his career as a middle school teacher consuming his time, he had to content himself as a part-time picker and avid consumer. Now that he has

I spoke earlier this week with Ty Gilpin of Crossroads Music, and he shared some news sure to be of interest to bluegrass fans. First up is word that the next Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver CD, Light On My Feet,

The Grascals are back in the good ole USA after a trip to Europe in February. While on the continent at the end of the month, they played concerts in Switzerland and Belgium, and Lilly Pavlak snapped some great photos of

Gibson Guitars has released a free iPhone app that, while visually targeted at electric guitarists, contains a number of valuable features for any six stringer. Called appropriately enough, The Gibson Guitar App, it features a number of different tuners. There is

Regular Google users have long recognized that the search engine giant creates custom graphics for their home page, incorporating the Google logo. Many of these custom logo graphics are themed for holidays or other special events, but today's (3/4) image features

Among the guests on last night's (3/3) edition of Music City Roots were Nedski & Mojo (Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin). Both are familiar faces (and voices) in the bluegrass world, but typically in supporting roles. The Nedski & Mojo Show