Author: John Lawless

Nothin' Fancy guitar player Gary Farris has moved into the exciting world of food service - not an unfamiliar side career for bluegrass musicians. But Gary won't be mopping floors or chopping onions. He and partner Jerry Ingram have teamed up

Missy Raines is in DC with her young touring band, the New Hip. They have a show this evening (3/9) in nearby Rockville, MD for the Institute of Musical Traditions, but will stop off this morning at the WAMU studios

Junior Sisk will be co-hosting with Judith Burnette on WBRF this Saturday evening (3/7) from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (EST). He will be helping Judith select the music, and tells us that listeners can expect a solid dose of the traditional bluegrass that floats his

Cliff Wagner & The Old #7 had quite a run as contestants on the Next Great American Band program, which aired on Fox TV in 2007. They made it a good ways into the finals, as voted by the television

Dennis Jones with WNCW in Spindale, NC sent along an advance copy of Goin' Across The Mountain Live - Volume 3, which will be offered as a premium for station supporters in 2009. The 15 tracks were all recorded and broadcast

Brandon Rickman, guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band is interviewed in the current (March/April '09) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The interview covers a lot of ground in the life of this young bluegrass singer and songwriter. Brandon talks about

Rejoice all you Del-heads! McCoury Music is preparing to release a 5 disc, definitive collection of the music of Del McCoury on May 12. Celebrating 50 Years Of Del McCoury will include 50 tracks marking Del's five decades in bluegrass, plus

Valerie Smith has announced that Ernie Evans has joined Liberty Pike to play mandolin, guitar and banjo. Evans is an Ohio native and current resident of Florida where he serves as president of the North Florida Bluegrass Association. He had been

We posted a report last month about the recent European Bluegrass Summit held in B?ºhl/Baden (Germany) in early February. The summit was convened to allow for closer collaboration among European bluegrass associations, and to further the promotion of bluegrass music

Cadillac Sky has posted a new music video, for the song Inside Joke, featured on their latest Skaggs Family CD, Gravity's Our Enemy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0cqXGOO5Cs C-Sky's Bryan Simpson says that a impromptu rehearsal in his dad's garage turned into a video shoot. Shot in