Author: John Lawless

Alison Krauss & Union Station's most recent CD release doesn't contain any new recordings, though there are bonus video tracks included on the disk. Home on the Highways is a retrospective containing tracks from a number of different previously-released projects,

IBMA recently revised the lineup for the 2005 Fan Fest (October 28-30 in Nashville). Read the press release... BLUEGRASS FAN FEST 2005 October 28, 29, 30 Nashville Convention Center - Nashville, Tennessee USA Sponsored by MARTHA WHITE, SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO, MARTIN GUITARS and BLUEGRASS

It appears that this set of 5th string capos for banjo has been on the market for a year or so, and doesn't really qualify as a new product, but it was news to us when Stan Riddle contacted me

I just heard from Ron Stewart that the next - and long awaited - release from JD Crowe & The New South is mixed and mastered, and has been turned in to Rounder. Ron didn't know what sort of release

We received this solicitation by email, and pass the info along just as it came to us. The company, Music Nation Television, is not known to us and we offer this information simply as an item of interest for any

Bluegrass Today will be providing "live blog" coverage during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass week in Nashville from October 24-30, 2005. In case the term is not familiar, "live blogging" means that we will be posting throughout the week from

From time to time, we will include posts which do not offer news or specific information, but instead feature commentary or opinion on a topic related to the theme of Bluegrass Today: bluegrass music, artists, events and fans -

That is the obvious question in your mind as you look over this new site. We feel that our bluegrass community can only benefit from an accurate, authoritative and timely source for bluegrass news and comment - and this is

If you work in bluegrass music, or some related field, and can see the benefit of reaching both other industry folks and fans/consumers alike with announcements, publicity bits or even requests for information, you might begin to see the value

All this talk about the potential value of Bluegrass Today may sound intriguing, but what does it matter without a steady stream of visitors and readers? We have a plan in place to advertise and promote this new site at launch