Author: John Lawless

It is announced on the Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time web site that Kristin Benson is expecting. Kristin plays banjo with the band, and is also on the faculty of the bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University.

Del McCoury will be a featured guest this Thursday (6/15) on The Big Show, more commonly known as The John Boy & Billy show. It is broadcast from Charlotte, NC each weekday from 6:00-10:00 a.m. on nearly 100 stations and

Tyler Grant has a new CD, In The Light, which features primarily his original material, with a few traditional tunes and classic bluegrass numbers included as well. Tyler is a current member of the Drew Emmit Band, and has also

The June/July issue of Bluegrass Europe is available. This bimonthly, English language magazine is distributed to members of the European Bluegrass Music Association, and is bound with two additional European bluegrass publications, Bluegrass Buhne (German) and Strictly Country (Dutch). Editor

We posted on Wednesday the news that legendary west coast mandolinist and vocalist Vern Williams had passed away on Tuesday afternnon (6/6). Today's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle has a nice remembrance of Vern, which his many fans will

We posted last week about the upcoming solo project from Chris Thile, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, which is really a band project, though solo in the sense of it being recorded and promoted outside of his

We heard recenty from Rainer Zellner, a bluegrass radio host in Germany, seeking CD contributions from American artists. As regular readers may have noticed, Bluegrass Today is a strong and aggressive supporter of the efforts of bluegrass musicians and promoters

Rebel Records has reissued two Ralph Stanley albums as download only releases on Apple's iTunes Music Store. Both were originally released in the mid 1970s, during what is widely viewed as the hey day of Dr. Ralph's post-Carter era,

We heard from Gracie Muldoon at Internet radio station WorldwideBluegrass that they will be cybercasting from the Festival of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY tomorrow and Saturday, starting at 2:00 p.m. A number of WWB show hosts will be on hand,

We have posted many times about Studio Special, a live music and interview program that runs weekly on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (Channel 14). Host Kyle Cantrell welcomes a different bluegrass act into the studio to record live performances