Author: John Lawless

Thomas Wywrot is about to release a self-produced solo project, Every Time I Walk This Road. The album has a modern, in-your-face bluegrass sound with Wywrot's banjo and guitar prominent in the mix. A Canadian by birth, he grew up in

The Charlie Daniels Christmas TV special, A Twin Pines Christmas, will debut this Thursday (12/3) on GAC. Charlie's guests include The Grascals, Dan Tyminski, Evelyn and Suzanne Cox, Aaron Tippin and Kathy Mattea. They will perform music from his latest CD,

The Collector's Weekly has a lengthy interview with Lowell Levinger where they discuss his extensive collection of vintage acoustic instruments. Levinger is better known to his followers as Banana, the nom de guerre he adopted as a founding member of

Jayme Stone picked up another trophy last Saturday (11/21) at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa to add to his two previous Juno Awards. Not bad for a banjo player. He won for World Group of the Year for Africa

Randy Kohrs is the subject of a new video shot by Nashville singer, songwriter and filmmaker Marcel Chagnon, who goes simply by Marcel. The video captures a stark, solo performance of the song Shallow Grave from Randy's Old Photograph CD. This

Nancy Cardwell, Special Projects Director for IBMA, is starting her Thanksgiving holiday on a sour note. Her 1966 D-35 Martin guitar was stolen on Monday (11/23) from her home in Nashville (Donelson area) while she was at work. She offered this

Here's another interesting package show for 2010. Dale Ann Bradley will be collaborating next year with her old friend and former employee, Michael Cleveland, when she goes on the road with his band, Flamekeeper, for select shows next year. These dates

Rounder Records has recently re-released a classic album from 1973, Fire On The Mountain by Highwoods String Band. This LP, and the band that recorded it, had a powerful impact on the early '70s old time scene, helping to transform

But not for him... Ricky Skaggs has recently joined with World Vision to help sponsor children living amidst dire poverty in undeveloped countries. In the true spirit of Christmas, he is asking his many fans and friends to consider partnering with

Larry Stephenson will be spending his Thanksgiving week learning how to eat left-handed. He recently underwent surgery to deal with a nagging problem which he is hoping will now be resolved, taking him out of action for several weeks. We'll let Larry