Author: John Lawless

A new batch of tour dates has been posted for Punch Brothers, Chris Thile's recently renamed band of musical brothers. They'll do a UK tour in January '08, after which they will be doing concert and club shows all over

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will be among the guests on The Charlie Rose Show aired today (11/13) on most PBS television stations. They will be on to discuss their new CD, Raising Sand, along with producer T. Bone Burnett. Times

We came across an article in the Herald Citizen (Cookeville, TN) about a new marketing effort by the city of Sparta, TN. In this official re-branding of the city's image and tourism identity, they will henceforth promote themselves as Bluegrass, USA. Home

If you weren't lucky enough to catch the on-stage preview of The Dailey Vincent Band at IBMA last month, you may be eager to hear the widely-anticipated debut release on Rounder when it hits on January 29, 2008. If you just

The National Association of Broadcasters is launching its next salvo in their ongoing battle with the Recording Industry Association of America. This latest campaign is in response to an RIAA-backed effort to levy what NAB calls a performance tax on

We heard yesterday from David Hollender, banjo player and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been teaching bass and leading ensembles there for many years, and now also teaches banjo for students following the Acoustic

We heard recently from Jeremy Chapman of The Chapmans, who wanted to share a video bio of the band that they have posted on YouTube. It runs just over minutes and is entitled The Family Business. In the video, the boys

The new video from Randy Kohrs, Who's Goin' With Me, has once again been voted into the top 3 by viewers on CMT.com. It debuted two weeks ago at #3, made it all the way to #1 last week, and

The Infamous Stringdusters were excited to announce late last week that they have been invited to perform on The Grand Ole Opry. Their debut Opry set is scheduled for November 23, the day after Thanksgiving. Since that day tends to be

We've heard this week from several readers about the death of David Kiser, known for years to bluegrass lovers in and around Lexington, KY as Uncle Dave. He was a regular performer at regional festivals and a familiar voice on