Author: John Lawless

Just a few short weeks after leaving Rhonda Vincent, banjo man Kenny Ingram has cast his lot with Larry Stephenson. In addition to Kenny's 7 years with Rhonda, he has toured with bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Jimmy Martin over

The new, self-titled CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline won't ship until 1/27/09, but with two singles from the project getting airplay currently from bluegrass radio, it is already generating some buzz from fans of traditional bluegrass music. Audie made his

As is always the case, the close of each year heralds a slew of "Best Of" lists of every imaginable description. They are a staple in all sorts of news and entertainment media (see our Favorite Bluegrass Recording of 2008

When WAMU's Ray Davis notched his 60th year in radio broadcasting, Richard Thompson put together a nice career retrospective for us here on Bluegrass Today. This past week, Ray was celebrated with a profile in Radio World, an influential trade journal

This was a happy week for banjo pickers! We posted on Tuesday that Aaron McDaris and his wife celebrated the birth of their daughter, Katie Leann, on Monday. It turns out that Monday was also a special day for Graham Sharp and

Wayne Yates, brother to former Country Gentleman Bill Yates, passed away last night (12/11) at the age of 75. He is picture on the left in this album cover from a project he and Bill made together. Wayne worked with a

Here are two other special bluegrass shows being cybercast online today. Blue Plate Special on WDVX has live sets from banjo picker extraordinaire Danny Barnes, and fiddler/vocalist Barbara Lamb. The show airs at noon in the Knoxville market at 102.9 FM,

We received a note from our friend, Andrea Roberts, primary agent at the Andrea Roberts Agency, wife to Danny Roberts of The Grascals, and a very talented bluegrass performer in her own right. She tells a story of a close

Subscribers to the venerable British Bluegrass News will soon receive their Winter 08/09 issue in the mail. Though BBN has been published continuously each quarter for many years by the British Bluegrass Music Association (BBMA), this (#47) will be the first

Ron Block will be the featured guest on Friday's (12/12) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM. He will join host Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon to talk about his new AcuTab banjo instructional DVD, A Fresh Look At