Author: John Lawless

Walk This Mountain Down from Donna Ulisse is among the several new bluegrass CDs due for release tomorrow (1/20). After a shot with a major label country release in 1991 failed to ignite, Donna has focused on songwriting, often with husband

Darren Beachley has announced that he will be leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the end of this month. Here is his statement about the move... "I will be leaving the group at the end of January. It was a life long

Later today (1/18) on KBCS, a special tribute to Butch Baldassari will air during Bluegrass Ramble. The show airs from noon to 3:00 p.m. (PST), and has been a staple on KBCS for almost 25 years. They feature a format of

A number of prominent bluegrass instrument manufacturers are exhibiting this weekend at the annual convention and trade show of the National Association of Music Merchandisers, known as The NAMM Show. Held in January of each year in Anaheim, CA, it

Today (1/16) is a banner day for finding choice bluegrass online. After the Mountain Heart and David Bromberg live set at noon on WDVX, there are three other opportunities on broadcast and online radio. At 1:00 p.m., Ralph Stanley II will

Mountain Heart has a big show tomorrow (1/16) in Knoxville with Tony Rice, and they'll be doing a live radio show on WDVX at noon while they're in town. Tony won't be able to make the radio show (Blue Plate Special),

Lost and Found will have their new CD, Love, Lost and Found, released on Rebel Records on March 24. This will be their first CD in 7 years, and the first since the tragic loss of original mandolinist Dempsey Young

Funeral services for Butch Baldassari will be held this Saturday (1/17) at St. Francis of Assissi church in Scranton, PA. The family will greet visitors at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00. According to the obituary published in

Knoxville, TN based Brand New Strings has hired Matt Leadbetter to play resonator guitar with the group, bringing them back up to five pieces. Matt had been working with Marty Raybon, and prior to that, with Lonesome River Band. Knoxville is

Noted mandolinist Mike Compton has also sent along his reflections on the death of Butch Baldassari, who passed away after a lengthy battle with brain cancer on January 10, 2009. Butch's passing has sort of caught me off-guard really. He seemed