Author: John Lawless

Chris Thile, the virtuosic mandolinist and driving force behind the acoustic pop sensation, Nickel Creek, will be out with a bluegrass band this summer in support of his upcoming solo release. The music may not fit everyone's description of the

Yesterday, we posted about the efforts of Amos Hopkins and Katy Graves to raise money to provide instruments and bluegrass instruction for children in the Appalachian region with their hike-a-thon of The Appalachian Trail. We mentioned in that post that

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the featured musical guests for this weekend's edition of Prairie Home Companion. This long-running radio program is heard on nearly 600 stations throughout the US, and via Armed Forces Radio wherever US military personnel

The Winston-Salem Journal has a brief feature on yesterday's passing of legendary radio man Ralph Epperson, who launched WPAQ in Mount Airy, NC back in 1948. This station, along with another Epperson property, WBRF in Galax, VA, have been a

Amos Hopkins and Katy Graves are a pair of educators, artists and committed bluegrass music supporters from Cincinnati, OH. Both were raised by families who played bluegrass, and with an appreciation for the unique culture and musical artistry of the

Larry Cordle returns to the stage this weekend after recuperating from prostate surgery. He had received a diagnosis that cancer had been found about a month ago, and missed most of May following his surgery. Larry, along with Lonesome Standard

Mountain Heart will be the guests this next week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Sessions program on XM Radio's Bluegrass Junction. The show mixes interviews and live, in-studio performances, and runs six times each week until a new show takes its

Billboard Books has just released This Business Of Songwriting, by Jason Blume, billed as an "exhaustive guide to navigating the murky waters of copyright law, publishing contracts and other realities of the business world that don"t always come naturally to

CMT.com has a nice feature up this morning about the recently concluded Ralph Stanley Memorial Festival, the 36th annual running of the event, also known as the Hills Of Home Festival. The story largely covers the Clinch Mountain Boys reunion

When the audience at Randy Wood's Concert Hall awaited the start of the Vassar Clements and Tony Rice concert back in December of 2004, they had every expectation of seeing a fabulous performance. Some may have known that the show