Author: John Lawless

We found this classic photo on Rhonda Vincent's message board, a shot of her with Suzanne Cox and Alison Krauss which, judging from the hair, was taken in the late 1980s. Can you believe that look went out of fashion? Rhonda recalls

Over this next few weeks, two benefit concerts will be held to raise funds for The Tony Rice Foundation, which is collecting donations to assist Tony while he seeks to recover from both his arm and voice problems. Over $60,000

First generation bluegrass banjo picker Jim Smoak will be this weekend's guest on Best of Bluegrass with Bob Mitchell. Jim had recorded and toured with Bill Monroe, Hylo Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens and Arthur Smith in the 1950s and '60s.

A resolution to make John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads an official state song comes before the West Virginia legislature today. It is already the official song of West Virginia University, and today's resolution is expected to pass. To celebrate,

We found this classic photo on Rhonda Vincent's message board, a shot of her with Suzanne Cox and Alison Krauss which, judging from the hair, was taken in the late 1980s. Can you believe that look went out of fashion? Rhonda recalls

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers have released a live concert DVD, filmed March 9, 2013 at the Centerville High School Performing Arts Center, in  Centerville, OH. It features the band on a set of 14 songs, along with two more performed with

Steep Canyon Rangers have released a new live music video, recorded at the CMT studio in Nashville when they visited earlier this year. It's for Stand And Deliver, a song written and sung by banjoist Graham Sharp, from their current Rounder

When it comes to adventurous modern string music, mandolinist Mike Marshall has all the right credentials. Bursting onto the scene with the David Grisman Quintet in 1978 at the age of 21, Marshall has been a popular recording and touring

And now for something completely different... Is there something missing in your life? Perhaps the rowdy music of a French Canadien bar band that uses their own wacky sort of bluegrass in their heretical performances of traditional and original music? If so,

For fans of Scruggs style banjo playing, there aren't many pickers more esteemed than J.D. Crowe and Jim Mills. Of course, in a relationship between these two, Crowe would be the teacher and Jim the student, though their professional accomplishments