Author: John Lawless

Forget about Newtown... let's talk new baby! Jr Williams and Kati Penn-Williams celebrated the birth of a daughter on New Year's Eve. Jessi Leigh Harper Williams was born yesterday morning, weighing in at 6 lbs and 4 oz. Jr.'s first reaction was a

We're all seeing year end lists of every sort this week. We have a few of our own. Maybe at the end of 2014 we can publish a Top 10 list of Top 10 lists. Most of these represent the subjective

On top of dealing with a new baby, Colorado banjo player Jayme Stone has an ambitious new project for next year. Called The Lomax Project, this collaboration of traditional string musicians will travel and record in 2014 in honor of American

We just got a good news/bad news update from Terry Pinkham. She and her husband, Jeff, are managing the grass-roots effort to raise money to assist Tony Rice with living expenses while he is trying to recover his voice, and

New year, new job? Folk Alliance International is on the hunt for a new Executive Director. Based in Kansas City, MO, Folk Alliance can be thought of as the folk music analog to the International Bluegrass Music Association. They are a membership

Sorry girls...  and guys! Mandolin master Chris Thile has married actress Claire Coffee. They were wed in a small private ceremony at Blackberry Farm in East Tennessee on December 23. Chris is the driving force behind Punch Brothers, and widely-regarded as among

The IBMA will be hosting a webinar next month for vocalists interested in the anatomy and physiology of the human voice. How to Make Your Voice Last a Lifetime will be hosted by Leda Scearce, voice rehabilitation specialist at the Duke Voice Care

Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone, and his wife Laura, celebrated the arrival of an early Christmas gift last week. Their son, Cassian Elijah Stone, was born on December 20th at their home in Toronto. All are doing well, and Cassian's older sister

The banjo world is eagerly awaiting the next installment from 5 string magnifico Tony Trischka, Great Big World, due February 4 from Rounder. Trischka first emerged on the scene in the early 1970s as part of the eclectic string music scene

When Gary Brewer & the Kentucky Ramblers released their Christmas album, A Rambler Christmas, in 2000, creating music videos wasn't a commonly-employed promotional tool in the bluegrass world. But he and his family are making up for it this year. They