Author: John Lawless

Roberto Dalla Vecchia is organizing what he feels sure is the first ever meeting of Italian flatpickers, scheduled for September 22 in Milan. The site of this six string summit will be the Italian Music Fair MEET, which Roberto describes

Rounder Records has posted an interview with Charlie Sizemore on their web site. The occasion for the interview is his recent Rounder CD, Good News, but Charlie also talks about the influence of Ralph Stanley and The Stanley Brothers on

Country music legend Gene Watson has a new CD due on September 25 on Shanachie Records entitled In A Perfect World. On this release, Watson records several duets with other notable Nashville vocalists, among them bluegrass music's reigning queen, Rhonda

Sam Bush will be appearing on television twice this week as a member of Lyle Lovett's band, with whom he has performed on many occasions. Look for them on Tuesday (9/11) on Live with Regis and Kelly, and then on

Mandolin Cafe is handling the sale of a Gilchrist Model 1 mandolin, recently acquired through an anonymous donor, which be sold online to raise money for Butch Baldassari's medical fund. Butch is undergoing treatment for an inoperable brain tumor, and

When Emmy Lou Harris appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, September 17, she'll have John Starling & Carolina Star in tow as her special guests. They will be performing a vocal version of Get Up John

We received a note from Marcel Hanson, who works with a local radio and TV station in Holland. They include a variety of country and American type music, including bluegrass and folk. Many US artists and labels are reluctant to ship

Charlie Daniels got his start on pop radio in 1973 with Uneasy Rider, a tongue-in-cheek story of a long-haired country boy on a cross country trip who ran into some trouble in a Mississippi tavern. It was delivered in a

We had posted late last year about Wechter Guitars and their newly installed Plek Pro fret dressing machine. This German made, computer-assisted contraption scans the neck while the instrument is strung up to pitch, and creates a detailed, three dimension

XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14) has released their Top 40 chart for August '07, based on listener requests and how often individual albums are featured. The top 5 albums for August were: #1 Lovin' Pretty Women Steep Canyon Rangers #2 Cherryholmes II Cherryholmes #3 Good News Charlie Sizemore #4 Old