Author: John Lawless

The new Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, with The Grascals on the cover. The September/October '08 issue finds Grascals Jamie Johnson and Danny Roberts interviewed about the band's latest CD, Keep On Walkin', their newest member (fiddler Jeremy Abshire), and their

The Infamous Stringdusters were featured last week on Acoustic Cafe. They joined host Rob Reinhart in the studio to talk about their latest CD (The Infamous Stringdusters), their songwriting process, and how they work together as a band. Several tracks from

Washburn has introduced two new limited edition, maple-topped models which they have suggested may be "the most beautiful guitars in existence." These latest additions to their Southwest Series of acoustic guitars, the D49SPK and D49CESPK both feature bodies made with

Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko's cross-cultural musical adventure, Africa To Appalachia, will be released in the US next Tuesday (September 9) with a lengthy tour of the states starting on September 15. Stone, the Canadian banjoist, and Sissoko, a Malian kora

Among the non-music web sites that I enjoy most regularly are ones that use satire and faux-news stories in humorous ways. Sites like The Onion and Stuff White People Like really tickle my funny bone, though with humor being such

News that No Depression magazine would cease publication of their print edition this summer issue brought forth a good many long faces and audible sighs among their loyal readers. For 13 years they were a strong, independent voice on American

The long-awaited third Skaggs Family CD from Cherryholmes is still almost a month away, but audio samples for all 13 tracks can be found online, along with pre-order links. Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe is scheduled to hit on September 30

We told you last week about The Wright Kids appearing on the August 27 episode of America's Got Talent. It sounds like a lot of folks watched and voted, as they were moved through to next week's 2nd round shows. It's not

Blue Plate Special, the long-running noontime radio show on WDVX has a big dose of bluegrass on the program this week. Today's show (9/3) features Gold Heart a terrific young family bluegrass group from northern Virginia. The band is made up

Many of our readers may have already learned of the passing of guitarist, comedian and actor Jerry Reed. He died on Monday (9/1) in hospice, suffering from emphysema. Since the 1960s, he delighted audiences with his music and humor, eventually crossing