Author: John Lawless

Sorry for the last minute notice on this... Flatpicker supreme Russ Barenberg will be the guest on today's (8/21) edition of Live in Studio C on Nashville's WPLN FM. The show airs each Tuesday at 11:06 a.m. Nashville time (noon eastern),

During the rush to post the 2007 IBMA Award Nominees last week, we neglected to mention the announcement of two other awards which will be presented on October 4, 2007 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards show in Nashville. These are

We posted last Friday with a story out of Folsom, CA regarding a stolen banjo and how police were closing in on the bandits after they attempted to pawn it - and were captured on video surveillance cameras. Yesterday's Sacramento Bee

A track from King Wilkie's latest CD, Low Country Suite, has been selected as the Discovery Download in iTunes for this week. Any iTunes subscriber can get the track (Wrecking Ball) at no charge starting tomorrow (8/21) through next Monday

Recording King has announced the latest model in their Artist series of banjos, designed to appeal to players looking for a banjo with professional quality features at a lower price than the major American builders. The Artist Supreme features a figured

As they had promised earlier this summer, The Infamous Stringdusters have some new live tracks for free download on their MySpace page. The new tunes are This Weary Heart and 40 West, offering a fine chance to hear this young

The Donkeys, from Ivan Rosenberg and Billy Cardine, may not be the only dobro CD to open with a banjo duet, but it's the first one I've found to do so. OK... so it's not really a dobro CD, but

The Grascals have announced a promotional partnership with Mayberry's Finest, a new brand of Southern-style canned and packaged foods whose marketing is based on the ever-popular Andy Griffith Show. The band will advertise the products during their live shows, in

America's Most Wanted - Banjo Edition... CBS 13 in Sacramento, CA has the news of two banjo bandits who obtained a priceless 1931 Vegavox tenor banjo via burlarious entry into the owner's car in late July, and recently attempted

Cherryholmes will be featured on Opry Live this Saturday, during the televised portion of The Grand Ole Opry broadcast on GAC TV. The show airs at 8:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday (8/18), and again that same evening at midnight. It repeats