Author: John Lawless

The folks at Banjo.com, in close cooperation with the promotions staff of The Atlanta Braves, are organizing an attempt to break the Guinness Book record for Largest Musical Instrument Ensemble - using banjo players! The event is billed as A

Greg Spatz, fiddler with John Reischman and The Jaybirds, is more than just a talented musician. He is also a published author with two novels and a collection of stories to his credit, who serves as a professor of Creative

This past Sunday's edition of The Huntsville Times included a lengthy feature on Claire Lynch. She is a native of the Huntsville, AL area, where she lives still today. Occasioned by the release of her latest CD, New Day, the article

Just ahead of the July trading deadline, Kenny & Amanda Smith have acquired Joey Cox from BlueRidge for Jason Davis, and a song to be named later. The trade was announced over the weekend by the Bluegrass Commissioner's office. OK...

Rebel Records is pleased to announce the release tomorrow of Don Rigsby's first CD project as a band leader. Don has quite a stellar resume in bluegrass, including stints with The Bluegrass Cardinals, JD Crowe & The New South, Lonesome

Farmer's Almanac TV has a video interview with renowned master luthier Randy Wood available on their web site. Host Jim Wann visits Randy at his shop (Randy Wood Guitars) to talk about how he came to be involved in luthiery,

a49 We have posted a number of times recently about the buzz being generated in anticipation of Chris Thile's next solo release, an ensemble project entitled How To Grow A Woman From The Ground. It is due from Sugar Hill Records

Nickel Creek fans can find video online of songs taken from recent live performances, posted on two different web sites. Three songs recorded at the Bonnaro Festival in June are available on the AT&T Blue Room site. Included are Scotch &

Rebel Records is set to release a compilation CD on July 17 featuring the music of Jimmy Arnold, one of the most gifted pickers ever to play bluegrass music. The project is entitled Riding With Ol' Mosby, and contains 17

Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike will be featured on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special program on XM later today. An encore presentation of their interview and live performance in the XM studio will run at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon (7/13). Valerie