Author: John Lawless

Have you voted yet in the 2009 Bluegrass Blog Awards Poll? Our annual poll mirrors the official IBMA Awards ballot which is used by the voting membership to choose the recipients of the International Bluegrass Music Awards. Of course, our poll

We posted in August about The Nashville Symphony's Classical Americana concert, scheduled for this Saturday (9/12). The show will feature noted bluegrass and folk performers with the symphony, and was programmed as a tribute to the Americana Music Association's convention next

The Del McCoury Band is recording like they have something to prove. Not six months after releasing a 50 song career retrospective, with all recently recorded tracks, Del and the boys have another new album ready for release on October 27. Family

Mountain Heart is in England this weekend, where they performed at the Didmarton Festival in Gloucestershire. Before the fest, however, the boys were able to get in a bit of sightseeing, and sent along these photos from Stonehenge. Bass man Jason

Speaking of Rob Ickes... He was the subject of a nearly six minute segment on yesterday's (9/20) All Things Considered, broadcast on the majority of NPR stations all over the US. The piece was produced, voiced and written by our friend

I could hear the excitement in Rob Icke's voice when I spoke with him earlier this week about his recent trip to Israel. He and pianist Michael Alvey made the trip to perform at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eliat,

Bluegrass Junction, the all-bluegrass channel on Sirius-XM, is dedicating much of their programming over this holiday weekend to audio from the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival in July. The annual festival features performances from top bluegrass entertainers who appear for

Here's a surprising change of pace... John Cowan, known for decades for his blues and rock-inflected take on newgrass and Americana music, had recorded a Christmas CD for Koch Records. The project is titled Comfort & Joy, and it is due

Colorado guitar picker Robin Davis has joined forces with the Dixie Bee-Liners. Former guitarist Jonathan Maness left the group in June, and the Bee-Liners had been touring with fill-ins until Robin came on board. Buddy Woodward, mandolinist and co-manager of the

Australia's Davidson Brothers (Hamish and Lachlan) are packing for the US, leaving tomorrow (9/4) for a month touring the States with their band in tow. Theirs is a story of determination and tenacity, and it shows what can be accomplished when