Author: John Lawless

We posted twice over the weekend with news about how Hurricane Ike and its aftermath has affected the big Walnut Valley Festival scheduled to start tomorrow (9/17) in Winfield, KS. Local officials closed the campground on Friday, forcing early campers to

Brance made mention last week of the Mountain Song Festival in NC, put on by Steep Canyon Rangers to benefit the local Boys & Girls Club. Graham Sharp from SCR tells us that the festival on 9/13 was a big

I'm just barely old enough to remember bluegrass shows that ran on television in the early mornings. During the summer I could often find Don reno, Arthur Smith or sometimes even Flatt & Scruggs appearing on one of the early

When we posted not long ago that audio samples from the upcoming Cherryholmes CD were available online, we teased that an interview would be forthcoming. And so it has come to pass. Cia, banjo player, lead vocalist, and the senior member

Blue Highway is celebrating their first Cashbox cover, which graced the September 8, 2008 issue. Old timers in the music biz remember Cash Box as a prominent industry publication and one-time competitor of Billboard who put out a print edition from

High water and bad weather will not stop the 2008 Walnut Valley Festival from starting this coming Wednesday (9/17). So say festival organizers in the face of a mandatory evacuation of the campground this past Friday. Their most recent press release

The storm surge from Hurricane Ike is already causing problems in coastal Texas, and now wreaking havoc for people planning to camp out early in Winfield. The Walnut Valley Festival isn't scheduled to begin until next Wednesday (9/17), and the Winfield

There are a number of opportunities to catch some special bluegrass programming and live music today (Friday, 9/12). At 1:00 p.m. (EDT), Carrie Hassler will be interviewed on WorldWideBluegrass.com. Carrie will join WWB host Gracie Muldoon to talk about her latest

Ned Luberecki has reported on Sirius Bluegrass this morning that guitarist Mike Jump has left Cadillac Sky and is replaced by David Mayfield. Mayfield is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter with many years' experience in bluegrass and country music. Ned tells us

The nominees for the 2008 Country Music Awards were announced earlier this week, and there are only two bluegrass-related artists who made the cut. Jerry Douglas is nominated again for Musician Of The Year, and award he has won three times