Author: John Lawless

Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers will be a featured musical guest on the popular Prairie Home Companion radio show tonight (10/8). If you're not sure who may broadcast the show in your area, you can search their station list, or

Talk radio has become a real competitor to music programming in many broadcast markets, with topics of discussion covering politics, sports, religion and local issues. With the advent of podcasting, the possibilities for this sort of "narrowcasting" have simply exploded. Bluegrass

The Del McCoury Band will be appearing on Opry Live on the Great American Country (GAC) cable TV network on Saturday, October 8 (8 p.m. eastern). This is the live telecast of the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast, so folks

People in the biz have been predicting great things for this family band, who just recently released their debut release for Skaggs Family Records. Their stage presentation is dynamic and engaging, and the four siblings have been developing into legitimate

Pinecastle Records has just released a solo project for Justin Carbone, current guitarist and vocalist with Chicago-based Special Consensus. Prior to joining Special Consensus in 2004, Justin was a member of 2nd Edition, a band he had founded in 1998

Alison Krauss & Union Station have added a number of new dates to their October/November touring schedule. The shows all appear to be east coast and north central US dates. More details available on the AKUS web site. Your blog

Rounder Records is bringing a number of instrumental classics out on CD this fall, starting with the release today of Bela Flecks' debut solo project from 1980, Crossing The Tracks. When this album first hit, the groans of anguish from banjo

Steve Huber, owner and builder of the popular Huber Banjo line, has stepped back from performing to focus his attention on banjo production, and just played his last show with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Steve expressed a mix

We are proud to announce that arrangements have been finalized to allow us to offer real time live blog coverage of the IBMA Awards Show on October 27 from Nashville. We will be on site at The Ryman Auditorium during

Pinecastle Records and BlueRidge have joined forces, with Alan Bibey & Co. signing with the Florida-based label for their next recording, a Gospel project slated for an early 2006 release. In addition to Bibey on mandolin, BlueRidge is made up