Author: John Lawless

W just saw a note on the IIIrd Tyme Out web site that fiddler Justen Haynes and his wife Melanie celebrated the birth of their daughter, Natalie Jean Haynes, on September 11, 2006. Congratulations to the happy new parents!

We just heard from Fred Bartenstein about a special Osborne Brothers radio special he has been working on for nearly two years. It was produced by WNKU (Northern KY University) and Bgrass Inc., a nonprofit which Bartenstein chairs, dedicated to

We've written a good bit recently about Chris Thile, and his return, if not necessarily to bluegrass, at least to recording and performing within the structure of a bluegrass ensemble. It seems somehow appropriate in this setting to highlight two

The 2006 IBMA World Of Bluegrass and Fan Fest schedules are now available on Bluegrass Today. All the many official, IBMA-sanctioned events can be found in this fully-searchable online database. This would include daytime events such as member meetings, seminars

Jeff Dore, a journalist with WSB-TV (Channel 2) in Atlanta had a bird's-eye view of the recent record-setting banjo pickin' at Turner Field on Septemebr 13. Jeff took part in the event as a banjo player, and records his impressions in

The folks at CMT.com, the online home of Nashville's Country Music Television network (CMT), will once again host a CMT Pickin' Party during IBMA's Fan Fest. The event will run from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September, 29 at

Lorraine Jordan and nine of her fellow Daughters Of Bluegrass join Kyle Cantrell of XM Satellite Radio on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Channel 14. They performed songs from the new CD, Back To The Well, and

Sugar Hill is set to release an interesting 4-disc set from Dolly Parton on October 10. The box set will consist of three audio CDs and a DVD, and will be distributed as Dolly Parton, The Acoustic Collection 1999-2002. The set

We told you back in June that Doyle Lawson was to be the recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts this year. That award was presented yesterday, and Doyle reported being plainly humbled

As promised, John Drummond sent along some photos of the Guinness Record event last night at Turner Field in Atlanta. They were all taken by Bill Massey. Here the 238 banjo players who participated in the event run through their group