Author: John Lawless

Your dutiful authors of Bluegrass Today will be in attendance at the Pickin' At The Paramount show in Bristol, TN on Sunday, January 15. We will be recording interviews for future editions of The GrassCast, our weekly audio podcast, and

Take Me Back, the new CD release from canadian singer/fiddler April Verch is slated for a dual track release this month and next. It will be released in Canada on January 17, and then in the United States on February

March 16, 2006 has been set as the CD release date for a unique retrospective project on CMH Records from Jimmy Gaudreau. Entitled In Good Company, the CD is a mix of new and re-issue tracks, both live and studio

Eric Gibson of The Gibson Brothers will be taking part in an online chat session this evening (1/10) from 8:00-9:00 p.m. on The Bluegrass Guide web site. Eric will be discussing their upcoming CD, Red Letter Day, on Sugar Hill

Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, has announced a total of ten bluegrass jam camps during 2006. These camps are designed specifically to help new pickers - or inexperienced jammers - learn how to fit in and contribute to a bluegrass

John Baxter is the host of a new, mandocentric, 24/7 internet radio station called MandoZine Radio, hosted on the live365.com network. The blend of styles is meant to be widely varied, unified by the focus on music that prominently features

We posted a few weeks back to alert everyone that Deering Banjos was going to be a featured subject on Travel Channel's Made In America TV program with John Ratzenberger. We just received word that the episode in question is

Cherryholmes was featured several times on XM Radio's Bluegrass Junction program with Kyle Cantrell. The band performed live in the studio and sat for an interview with Kyle. The show will be re-aired again this morning, January 7, at 9:00

Serious collectors and students of pre war banjos, guitars and mandolins know this odd name - Kel Kroydon. It was the brand used by the Gibson company in the early 1930s for their wooden toy division, later used as a

Bands interested in submitting an application to showcase at the 2006 IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville need to get in gear to meet the January 16 deadline. The submission fee is only $15, though bands who are selected