Author: John Lawless

Gary Ferguson tells us that he is heading shortly for Ireland, his fourth consecutive July visit to the Emerald Isle. He'll have Colin Henry in tow on guitar and resonator guitar, joining Gary on guitar and vocals for the 11 day

Regular readers of Bluegrass Today should be accustomed to reading rave reviews here of the work of Ron Stewart. Ron has established himself as perhaps the premier session player in and around bluegrass - on both fiddle and banjo -

We just received our summer (July/August) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles and found, in addition to a cover feature on Longview, that the magazine has graduated to a full color, glossy stock publication. BMP debuted in the spring of 2003 as

Here's a video that's simply too precious for words... Our friend Dave Hollender found this on Dailymotion.com. It's a clip of Donna and Ronnie Stoneman from 40 plus years ago. Here how the clip is described at Dailymotion... "Here's a Bluegrass-Hullabaloo crossover performance:

The Chapmans are hoping to use the leverage of viral marketing to help promote their next recording project. They have a new single release, which is being offered as a free digital download online. The track is a remake of Redwood

Our friend Katy Daley sent along this report from this past weekend's Open House event for WAMU's Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC. On Sunday, June 22, the station offered live music and hosted listeners for station tours at WAMU, and Katy

We posted back in April that fiddle master Bobby Hicks had broken the ring finger of his left hand, and had undergone surgery to repair the damage. Imagining how devastating such an injury could be to a musician, we were delighted

The nominees for the 2008 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards have been announced, and as is usually the case, a number of bluegrass or bluegrass-related acts are in the running. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are nominated for Album Of

The folks at McCoury Music have come up with an interesting special pre-release offer for their Moneyland CD, sure to appeal to the most extreme Del heads among us. Due July 8, Moneyland is a concept project, using songs to make

Long time readers of Bluegrass Today may recall a story we posted two years ago about a then 7 year old Baruch Wright, who was a finalist - and eventual winner - in Oscar Mayer's Sing The Jingle, Be A