Author: John Lawless

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Kathy Mattea and Hot Rize will be the co-hosts of the 2009 IBMA Awards Show. There have been a few years where hosting duties were split between a number of co-hosts, but this

Toy Hearts, one of Britain's top bluegrass acts, has a new video on YouTube. It's the title track of their current CD, When I Cut Loose, recorded earlier this month at the Ely Folk Festival in Ely Cambridgeshire, UK. The group is

We've all seen coverage of the 4oth anniversary of the NASA moon landing this past few days. Those of us old enough to remember have even had the chance to play the "where were you when..." game. The Times Dispatch of

Alison Krauss & Union Station will be in Washington, DC today (7/21) to help the Obamas celebrate American country music, and demonstrate the music to middle and high school students. There will be a workshop from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at The White

Here is the final webisode in the Ask Doyle series, with Doyle Lawson talking about what keeps him going after so many years as a professional bluegrass entertainer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFUb62kY1IThis will be the last Q&A video with Doyle answering questions from fans.

The Infamous Stringdusters made a stop at KBAC in Santa Fe earlier this month during their ongoing swing through the western US. They appeared on a special daytime edition of  KBAC's Toast and Jam show, which airs every Thursday evening. The

Deering has reintroduced their popular Sierra banjo, with a new inlay pattern in the neck. The Sierra is Deering's least expensive tone ring banjo ($2699), making it perhaps the lowest priced professional model banjo made in the US. It is offered

Gerald Evans, popular bluegrass singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has been diagnosed with cancer. He has recently begun chemotherapy treatment, but his cancer has already reached stage 4, where the disease has spread widely through the body. Evans was part of the Traditional

The GAC television network (Great American Country) has acquired the rights to re-air episodes from the PBS series Soundstage on their cable channel. These feature live, in-studio performances by top contemporary artists, and GAC will be showing the episodes with

This weekend's Grand Ole Opry has some of the ladies of bluegrass scheduled to perform. Both the reigning Queen and a trio of upstart challengers will be strutting their stuff on the Friday and Saturday night broadcasts. Rhonda Vincent will be