Author: John Lawless

McCoury Music has now posted an online video of the first recording session for his upcoming release, The Bluegrass Sessions, which we posted about a few days ago. The video shows Hag recording Holding Things Together with Aubrey Haynie, Marty Stuart,

One of the endearing aspects of bluegrass music is the way that we treat our early pioneers. Instead of being shuffled to the sidelines, the founders of our music are celebrated by current bluegrass artists, and the larger audience generally

Mountain Heart fiddle man Jim VanCleve has the honor of seeing one of his tunes, The Road From Rosine, debuted as the new theme for the International Bluegrass Music Awards show on October 4. The tune will be played during

Banjo icon Terry Baucom has recently released a new instructional DVD titled Driving With The Duke. The DVD is hosted by Terry's wife, and award winning DJ, Cindy Baucom. Cindy and Terry review his history with the banjo and the various

Bluegrass banjo has been fortunate to see so many capable practitioners of the art carrying the banner over its relatively short 60 year life. One of the banjo's most celebrated champions, Bill Emerson, has been largely missing from the performing

Back in May, Brance posted about a new CD release from Kassie DePaiva, better known as Blair from the daytime drama, One Life To Live. Her CD, I Want To Love You, mixes bluegrass and country in a primarily-acoustic set,

As we reported back in June, Claire Lynch's next CD is set for an October 9 release on Rounder. Crowd Favorites is a "compilation with benefits" project, mixing 10 previously released tracks from her several Rounder projects with four newly

McCoury Music has made audio samples available online from their upcoming Merle Haggard CD, The Bluegrass Sessions. It is an all-acoustic project, produced by Ronnie Reno, with both Haggard songs and others he selected to sing to mark this new

The new Washburn Baby Jumbo acoustic guitars, which had been announced earlier this year, are now shipping to dealers. Washburn is marketing these two new models as intended for players who like the sound of a larger body guitar, but

Bluegrass Gospel favorites, The Churchmen, recently welcomed fiddler Tim Smith to the band. Tim is a veteran bluegrass musician, having served as a member of The Bluegrass Cardinals. He has 1st place trophies from both Galax and Union Grove, and recording