Author: John Lawless

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

Cornbread Red has a new CD of bluegrass tributes, this one for rock music legend Bob Seger. Runnin' Against The Wind features their take on Seger classics like Night Moves, We've Got Tonight, Like A Rock and Against The Wind. Cornbread

Here's a reminder that Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be performing live for a full hour tomorrow (9/6) on Blue Plate Special, streamed live at WDVX.com. The show runs from noon to 1:00 p.m. (ET). If you will be near

When the roll is called of the all-time greatest fiddlers in bluegrass, the name of Benny Martin will always be included. He was a member of the Flatt & Scruggs show for several years in the early 1950s, and also

Brance posted last month with information about Jim Lauderdale's latest release, The Bluegrass Diaries, due for a September 18 release on Yep Roc Records On Wednesday (9/05), Jim will join XM Satellite Radio's Kyle Cantrell on Bluegrass Junction for the World

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby will be performing on stage together during the 6th Annual Americana Honors & Awards show at the Ryman Auditorium on November 1. The event is part of the Americana Music Association's annual conference, which runs

Jayme Stone is a banjo player who has defied a great many of the expectations associated with the instrument. His music mixes the 3 finger style passed to him from the bluegrass tradition with a harmonic sense that encompasses traditional