Author: John Lawless

Christoffer Olsson, guitarist and lead singer with G2, is celebrating the birth of his son, Benjamin, born earlier this month. G2 banjo picker Jens Koch shared this photo of Christoffer and Benjamin, along with some band news from their home in

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are set to release a single from their upcoming, self-titled Rural Rhythm album on March 3. The song, Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) - written by Ray Edwards, Larry Cox and Terry Foust

Hadley Music Group, who recently released Walk This Mountain Down, their second CD from Donna Ulisse, has also created a web video to showcase Donna and the new album. It was produced by String Theory Media in Nashville, and includes interviews

Tim O'Brien was a guest this week on Folk Alley, where folk, acoustic, Americana and Celtic music is streamed 24/7. He performed several songs from his 2008 release, Chameleon, just as he did on the CD - solo, with just his

Another major benefit concert is scheduled for March 20 in Louisville, KY. The show is intended to mark 2009 as the 40th anniversary of newgrass music, and the crucial role that Louisville played in its birth and development. In fact there

Some of the most closely followed topics in the banjo world are discussions about the metals and alloys used in banjo construction. The most common materials used in high end banjos tend to vary very little, though you do read from

There is a wealth of Punch Brothers media recently posted online, showcasing them both as exquisite musicians and fun guys. First off, video from their 2/9 appearance on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour has been made available online. This program

The Infamous Stringdusters are finishing up their annual Colorado tour this week, and banjo man Chris Pandolfi has posted the first of a promised four travelogue videos. This initial installment runs seven and a half minutes and finds the band in

SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America) is notoriously slow in posting the winners of their annual awards. No official list of last night's winners can be found on the SPBGMA site, but Ben Hughes did a

Our friend Dean Hoffmeyer sent along some great photos from yesterday's 2009 SPBGMA Awards in Nashville. Dean is a professional photojournalist (Richmond Times Dispatch), banjo enthusiast, and free-lance photographer with an interest in bluegrass music. He has shot a number of