Author: John Lawless

Earlier this month, there was a real bluegrass wedding in Nashville. Andy Hall, resonator guitarist with The Infamous Stringdusters, married Janice Young, agent with Keith Case and Associates. Their wedding was held on May 9 at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville, TN

Or is that Tim and Steve? Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford, two of the most widely-recorded songwriters in bluegrass today, are collaborating on a new CD for Pinecastle Records. It will feature 14 songs that the pair have written together,

To help celebrate the release of their new CD, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, the band is partnering with Bluegrass Today to host a Father's Day photo contest. The second track on the CD is Me and Dad, a lovely

We just received a distressing note from Christy Stocks, daughter of Ray Deaton, a founding member of IIIrd Tyme Out, currently performing with The Anita Fisher Band. "My name is Christy and Ray Deaton is my father. I thought his friends

Chris Jones and his band The Night Drivers have been in the Rec Room studio in Nashville (Ben Surratt engineering) wrapping up their first band project in 8 years. It will be the first full bluegrass studio release since Ned

Here's one for all those bluegrass fans who are also vintage aviation buffs. Russ Niles, editor in chief of AVweb, is heading out on a barnstorming tour of the US starting this weekend, with champion fiddler Jeff Pritchard in tow. AVweb

Here's a cute video for young children designed to pique their natural curiosity about music, using animation and bluegrass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DACmET6qI6MIt was created by Caroline Roberts, a children's book illustrator, and Paul Castle, who plays with the British folk/bluegrass group The Rosinators. Roberts

Colorado's Palmer Divide is set to release a new CD, Shenandoah Train, on June 2. This will be their fourth recording project since the band was formed in 2004 with the goal of highlighting their original compositions and arrangements. The band

Bluegrass crooner Josh Williams has just finished work on his third solo project for Pinecastle Records. The album is tentatively titled Down Home, for a Carl Jackson song Josh sings on the CD, with a release date anticipated later this summer.

In case you mssed it on Fox last night, here is the video of Steve Martin performing on American Idol. The song is Pretty Flowers from his current release, The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPK5sEG_yJ8