Author: John Lawless

  • Bill Foster returns to WAMU

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    We just got word from the folks at WAMU/BluegrassCountry.org that one of their wayward show hosts has returned to the roost. Bill Foster, who was a host on the popular Bluegrass Overnight show broadcast in the DC area from 1985

  • Mike Compton videos on YouTube

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    Noted bluegrass mandolinist Mike Compton has two new videos up on YouTube. Both are simple productions, and feature Mike playing through a fiddle tune. The first has Mike playing a somewhat obscure Bill Monroe tune, Frog On A Lilly Pad. It

  • Curly Seckler project is all virtual

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    Well...almost. The new release from bluegrass legend Curly Seckler is now available, but not in the ways with which you may be accustomed. The folks at Copper Creek Records have decided to release this project almost exclusively for download. A limited pressing

  • New Gibson bluegrass models introduced

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    Gibson's bluegrass division introduced three new limited edition models recently - one each in their banjo, dobro and mandolin lines. The new banjo is a vintage RB-4 re-issue. Like the style 4 banjos made prior to WWII, this re-issue will be

  • Bluegrass In The Schools workshop in MN

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    IBMA and the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association will jointly host a Bluegrass In The Schools workshop in Minneapolis, MN early in November. It will be held in conjunction with the Harvest Jamboree festival (11/3-4), and is designed to

  • Chris Thile video shoot today

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    We just got word that Chris Thile is shooting a music video today in New York in support of the new How To Grow A Woman From The Ground CD. It's for the song, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,

  • Festival reports in The B

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    There are two detailed festival reports recently posted in The B. The first comes from a user who goes by Lynyrd Banjovy, describing the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration in Kentucky. The other is from Ted Lehmann, and it's about the Farmpark

  • Bluegrass Unlimited profiled on Grammy site

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    The official web site for The Recording Academy, formerly The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, who distributes the annual Grammy Awards, has a nice piece up on the 40th Anniversary issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. It was written

  • Alabama Gospel project due next week

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    Country music superstars Alabama have a new CD set for release on October 24, their first in more than five years. It will be a Gospel project, entitled Songs Of Inspiration, and will contain both familiar Gospel favoriates like Old