Author: John Lawless

Brand New Strings is celebrating their first CD, No Strings Attached, released February 9 on Rural Rhythm. The album consists largely of original material written by band members Randall Massengill and Mike Ramsey, who penned 6 of the 13 tracks, and

Bluegrass Underground has generated quite a buzz since the concert radio program debuted in 2008. Shows are recorded before a live audience each month, with segments broadcast weekly on WSM from Nashville. The buzz comes not just from the fabulous

Also in the studio this month is singer/songwriter Donna Ulisse who has just finished up a new project for Hadley Music Group. Donna has two previous Hadley Music CDs featuring her lovely voice and fine original songs. She had a cup

The Travelin' McCourys will team up again to offer three days of instrumental bluegrass instruction prior to Delfest 2010 in Cumberland, MD. The band, more widely known as The Del McCoury Band minus Del, consists of Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Rob

Scott Napier, the wonderfully clever and quirky mandolinist with Lost and Found, has just released his first solo CD, entitled All Out Front. The album contains primarily original material, both vocal and instrumental, and was recorded with some of the finest

Kel Audio has made a number of converts in the bluegrass world this past few years. Founder Kelly Dueck never set out to build a "bluegrass microphone," but he has found them embraced by such stellar grassers as Mike Auldridge,

Alan Bibey sent along a statement about losing Phil Leadbetter, resonator guitarist and founding member of Grasstowne. Al assured us that Grasstowne would be hitting it stronger than ever this year, and would have both a new bass player and a

Richard Hawkins, proprietor of the Bluegrass Ireland Blog - and a regular contributor to the European Bluegrass Blog - has a new piece about the second European Bluegrass Summit at Bühl, Germany, held February 5-7, 2010. Richard contributed an overview of

Alan Bibey had just sent us information about the benefit concert for Jennings Chestnut, scheduled for February 21, when word came that Chestnut died yesterday morning (2/14) at 7:30 a.m. He had been diagnosed in January with an inoperable brain

Phil Leadbetter, resonator guitarist and founding member of Grasstowne, today announced that he will no longer be a member of the group. "I want to announce that today, I am stepping down as a member and partner in the band Grasstowne.