Author: John Lawless

Friday's (4/25) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX promises a very special performance by The Road Scholars, a "one weekend only" band with some high octane vocal power. In addition to their live radio appearance, they will be performing

Whenever we learn of a hand injury to a musician, it's always a matter of concern. When it's a legend like Bobby Hicks, who not only helped establish what excellence in bluegrass fiddle is all about over his long career,

The Loar has announced the summer 2008 debut of their latest mandolin model. The LM-600-VS is an F-style instrument, which the manufacturer describes as an accurate replica of the original 1920's F5-style model. It is a solid wood, hand-carved and graduated

A great many bluegrass fans have embraced satellite radio. In addition to each having nearly 200 channels offering a wide variety of news, music and sports, both XM and Sirius have 24/7 bluegrass music channels produced in house. With the US

Several folks have written in to remind us that Mountain Heart's video for Road That Never Ends is in the running this week on CMT Pure 12-Pack Countdown. Voting ends tonight (4/23) at 9:00 p.m., so head on over to CMT.com

Here's a cautionary tale for bluegrass musicians who also like to try their hand at risky extreme sports. It comes from Jens Koch, the superb young banjo player with Swedish bluegrass group, G2. Three years ago - before G2 caught the

Our friend David Conner shared this YouTube link with us. It features a number of videos shot during an appearance by The Dan Tyminski Band at The Birchmere on March 1 of this year. Ten songs from the show are posted,

This week's edition of ABC's hit reality show, Wife Swap, will feature the Stockdale Family of Ohio as one of the subjects of the show's family exchange experiment. Kathy Stockdale is both the matriarch of her brood, and the manager

The new CD from The Infamous Stringdusters won't be released until June 10 on Sugar Hill, but 'Dusters fans who can't wait for something new can take advantage of a special offer running now on the band's web site. Anyone who

Once again, Claire Lynch is out to disprove the old canard about bluegrass fans being little more than illiterate hillbillies. Last year she held a competition where her fans submitted bluegrass-themed haiku. Now, she has launched a new contest challenging