Author: John Lawless

The live (in studio) performance by The Dan Tyminski Band on CMT's Studio 330 Up Close which we mentioned a few weeks back will be aired on CMT Pure starting later this week. The songs and interview clips from the show

J. D. Crowe and Charlie Cushman join Sonny Osborne, Alan Munde, Ned Luberecki, Bill Evans and Frank Neat to round out the teaching staff for the 8th Annual NashCamp Banjo Retreat, October 17-19th at the Hachland Hills Vineyard in Joelton,

The Summer 2008 issue of The Fretboard Journal is set to be mailed to subscribers next week, with a cover feature on Chris Thile. The piece is an interview, conducted by fellow mandolin trailblazer David Grisman, who graced the cover

Our friend Doug McKelway, who anchors the local news broadcasts for WJLA TV in Washington, DC, was invited to The Del McCoury Band's sound check yesterday prior to the start of DelFest in Cumberland, MD. Doug is also a fine banjo

Rhonda Vincent will be a featured guest on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, carried on over 500 public radio stations in the US. Ms. Vincent and her talented band, The Rage, will join host Garrison Keillor and

Gracie Muldoon, general manager and popular on-air host on WorldWideBluegrass.com, is really psyched about the interview segments of her Muldoon In The Afternoon program today (5/23). The show runs from noon to 2:00 p.m. (EDT) and will feature a half hour

Eddie Adcock will be the featured guest on Friday morning's (5/23) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM, in New Jersey. He will join host Carol Beaugard at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) to talk about the new CD from The Country

Sometimes, new CDs and news of their releases, come in faster than we can post about them. Here is some information about a number of recent projects that may be of interest. We offered a few words about Rick Hayes' debut

Word had reached us about a banjo player being featured in a number of recent episodes of The Jerry Springer Show - the notorious "reality TV" show based in Chicago. The banjo picking was intended not as a performance, but

We heard yesterday from Travis Book of The Infamous Stringdusters, filling us in on the band's ongoing European tour. The guys have been there since the beginning of May, and will be appearing in Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic until