Author: John Lawless

There have been very few moments during the many years of IBMA Award Shows quite so poignant as Tony Rice's acceptance speech this past Thursday night when he was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Despite a bit of

Today was the day! Songwriter, Bluegrass Today correspondent, and noted bluegrass bon vivant David Morris went under the knife... or I should say, the clippers... in honor of bluegrass buddy John Miller, who is now completing the last of his treatments for tongue

OK all you banjo pickers in Raleigh... A banjo flash mob has been declared for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon (9/28) at the Raleigh Convention Center, just near the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh, who has been equipped with a 5

We have hundreds of photos from last night's award show, and have a team going through them this morning. There will be multiple galleries going up soon. We did, however, want to share this one image right away. Milo Farineua captured

For those foolish enough to not be watching the IBMA Awards Show live, Tony Rice just demonstrated the results of attempts to reclaim one of bluegrass music's most cherished instruments: his beautiful baritone voice. It's not fully recovered, but the difference

John Driskill Hopkins, bass player/vocalist with the Zac Brown Band, and Tim Surett, who fills that same role with Balsam Range, stopped by for a chat on Wednesday at World of Bluegrass 2013.  

Thanks to Becky Johnson, longtime bluegrass fan, photographer and radio personality, who has hatched a beautiful plan for World of Bluegrass attendees to pay respect to our newest member of the IBMA Hall of Fame, Tony Rice. Regular readers of

Shortly after arriving at IBMA in Raleigh, we had a chance to chat with Slovak banjo picker Richard Cifersky, who shared news about his new solo album, his new band (Bill Faster), and his ongoing efforts to promote bluegrass music