Author: John Lawless

Westvon Publishing has announced the release of the first two volumes in their Hot Banjo Licks series on HotBanjoLicks.com. They are configured to be sold digitally, and purchasers can immediately download tabs in a PDF booklet, and accompanying MP3 audio

Tim Graves, former Osborne Brothers dobro man, and nephew of reso-pioneer Josh Graves, has a new CD available on Pinecastle Records. Titled The Good Things Outweigh The Bad, the new project features Tim as both lead vocalist and dobro player, along

Though known primarily as a bluegrass Gospel band, Carolina Sonshine's newest CD release, The Country Gentleman, is a collection of tributes to Charlie Waller. Other than the title track, written by band member Dennis Cash as a remembrance, all of

Brad Davis, good friend and occasional contributor to Bluegrass Today, has a song featured on the American Idol web site. They have created an offshoot site called American Idol Underground to promote independent artists. A wide variety of genres are

Huber banjos has just announced the latest in their signature artist series banjos, the Huber Ron Block model. The new banjo is patterned after the pre war flathead Granada that Ron has played for years as a member of Alison

Marty Rabon joins Kyle Cantrell this week for the multiple broadcasts of his regular Studio Special program, which runs on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14). Typically, the show features a mix of interviews, discussion and live performance, and

We got a note from Eddie King with Phoenix, letting us know that they had recently received copies of their new CD, Tailor Made. Eddie plays mandolin with the Virginia-based group, which also includes David Coffey on guitar, Jim Green

Fiddlers, and fans of fiddle music in the Nashville area, have made a point to catch the occasional concerts held at The Violin Shop on Old Hickory Boulevard. The shows are always intimate, performed with no amplification in a 60

The Del McCoury band is currently the featured subject in a UPS Special Delivery feature on Amazon.com's site. This is a regular segment in their weekly Amazon Fishbowl video, where an artist or author personally delivers an order to an

The Ocala Star Banner newspaper in Ocala, FL ran a very nice tribute in this morning's edition, recalling Lonnie Knight, founder of the long running Withlacoochee Bluegrass Jamboree, who passed away on July 23. Knight was 79 years old at