Author: John Lawless

Rhonda Vincent will join Gracie Muldoon this afternoon at approximately 5:00 p.m. (EDT) for a live interview during the Muldoon In The Afternoon program, streamed live on worldwidebluegrass.com. Gracie's show runs three days each week (Mon, Tue, Fri) from 4:00-6:00

Mountain Heart's celebrated young fiddler, Jim Van Cleve, steps out today with his first solo release. No Apologies is the title of his debut project on the Rural Rhythm label, where he showcases his well-established prowess as a fiddle man,

We had posted twice before about the episode of CMT's Total Access program featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station. It aired originally in December of 2005 and includes both backstage and onstage footage of the band during their tour of

We'd like to add one more voice to today's discussion about the IBMA Wellness Program, and its being rolled into the Education Committee. Here are a few words from the current Chair of that committee, Jon Weisberger. "Health and wellness issues

As Brance mentioned earlier, our GrassCast podcast this week with David Moultrup discussed his activities with the IBMA Wellness Committee, and their efforts to encourage artists and performers to be aware of the particular mental and physical health issues that

The next release from The Del McCoury Band, The Promised Land, is set for release on June 13, 2006. This will be the first all-Gospel project in Del's long bluegrass career, and his third for his own label, McCoury Music.

The third video from Alison Krauss & Union Station's Lonely Runs Both Ways CD is set to be released this week on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown show. This new video is for If I Didn't Know Any Better, and the

Heather Berry's new CD, which we had mentioned once previously, is now available. Entitled, To A Dove, it was recently released on Tom T. and Dixie Hall's Blue Circle Records label and features a number of Hall original songs and

We have posted a good bit over the past few months about efforts to expose young folks to bluegrass music through the schools, and found an article in today's Salt Lake Tribune about an event of this sort out west.

We just got a note from our friend David Hollender, who has been keeping us abreast of the activities of the students at Berklee College of Music with an interest in bluegrass music. We have posted many times about Berklee,