Author: John Lawless

Rounder has shipped the CD version of Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends, The Ultimate Collection - Live at the Ryman, first released digitally on September 30 of this year. It features Scruggs with his sons Gary on bass/vocals and Randy

Sierra Hull was the featured guest on this past weekend's edition of Bluegrass Breakdown, hosted by Dave Higgs on Nashville Public Radio. She was joined in the studio by Cory Walker (banjo, resonator guitar), Ron Block (guitar, banjo) and Beth Lawrence

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have a new video podcast available on their web site - Cathy & Marcy in BANJOLAND. It's a fun romp through the world of banjos, designed to introduce the instrument to younger folks without a clear

It must be Women In Bluegrass Friday this week - at least in online radio streams. We found two interviews scheduled for 11/14 with prominent female artists, and noted female radio hosts. First up is fiddler April Verch who be a

We got a note this morning from Kelly Sonora at MatchACollege.com about their latest listing of Open Couseware Collections for musicians online. The list contains links to 50 sites offering free courses, classes and lectures from a wide range of educational

The dust is finally settling after the recent Sirius/XM satellite radio merger, and it appears that nearly all of the familiar voices bluegrass fans have become accustomed to hearing on the two networks have made the cut in the revamped

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are hard at it in the studio, finishing up their next release for Rounder Records at the Crossroads Music studio in Arden. NC. Current plans are to wrap the project this month with an eye on

The folks at bluegrasscollege.org have put together a video sample from their latest online lesson. The song is Blue Night, sung by Tim O'Brien, with instrumental solos taught by Bill Evans (banjo), Rob Ickes (resonator guitar), Tyler Grant (guitar), Matt

We posted about ten days ago with release dates for four new projects due from Pinecastle Records in 2009. Not long after that, we heard from a reader who wondered why a title we had just indicated wouldn't be released until

Yet more news of band personnel changes... The Isaacs have announced that Thomas Wywrot has joined the band playing banjo and guitar. Current lineup now includes Ben Isaacs on bass, Sonya Isaacs on mandolin, Becky Isaacs Bowman on guitar, Jesse Stockman on