Author: John Lawless

The latest release is now available from Pete Wernick & Flexigrass, previously billed as Live Five. The title, What The, is surely evocative of the reaction they often get when audiences first realize that Pete and his 5 string banjo

Ron Block, guitar and banjo player with Alison Krauss & Union Station, has posted a number of free tabs on his web site. There are 22 in all, with both banjo and guitar transcriptions included, all available as free PDF/JPG

Our friend Dennis Jones at WNCW in Charlotte, NC shared with us the news that Horace Scruggs, older brother of Earl Scruggs, passed away on July 19. Many stories have been told of how the Scruggs brothers would practice as

Steve Parker and Alan Davis have released a new book of tunes for fiddlers and mandolinists. 150 Hot Tunes for Fiddle & Mandolin contains a mix of American and International tunes transcribed from recordings by notable players, plus a number

Colorado progressive banjoist Jake Schepps is releasing his latest CD next week (7/26). Entitled Ten Thousand Leaves, it features Schepps on 11 new compositions, both his own and pieces from his collaborators on this project, guitarist Greg Schochet, bassist Eric

There is an online feature about the latest Larry Sparks release, The Last Suit You Wear, up at CMT.com. Written by Edward Morris, the piece provides details about the new release, interspersed with comments from Sparks, along with a brief overview

This Friday (6/20) offers two good chances to catch bluegrass artists online. From noon to 1:00 p.m. (EDT), The Grascals will be performing live on Knoxville, TN station WDVX's Blue Plate Special. The station broadcasts at 89.9 FM in the Knoxville

The International Bluegrass Music Association has recently created a page on MySpace to help spread the word about the organization and its mission. At this time of year, that mission is largely centered on the 2007 World of Bluegrass convention and

The Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival is sponsoring the raffle of a Wayne Henderson D-18 guitar to raise funds to further and preserve the music of their namesake. Ola Belle Reed was a singer, songwriter and banjo player who performed with

The folks at Washburn Guitars are celebrating 2007 as their 125th year making and marketing musical instruments. The company was founded in 1887 by George Washburn Lyon, and located in a small factory in Chicago, IL. An early focus of Washburn