Author: John Lawless

Long time fans probably know that Doyle Lawson can play all the bluegrass instruments, and quite well. His first real job in bluegrass was playing banjo with Jimmy Martin in the 1960s, followed by a gig with J.D. Crowe on guitar,

Bourgeois Guitars has debuted a new series of instruments designed to replicate the tone and response of the great vintage guitars, the holy grail of every modern builder. These new guitars are being billed as the Aged Tone series, crafted with

The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards in a Nashville ceremony last night. While the rest of the world gushes over Jay-Z, The Black Keys and Kanye West, we'll save our praise for the all important

Talented young bands seem to pop up like weeds these days. Every time I turn around, there is another CD from a group that appears to have come out of nowhere, at least on a national level. Just such a band

Those wacky guys at Banjo Loco have created a wonderfully demented banjo version of Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, from the perennial Christmas favorite, The Nutcracker. Banjo Loco is a pair of Nebraska pickers, Troy Johnson and Matt Manning, who

Grassville is a new band from the Atlanta area, featuring a bluegrass veteran and four strong young pickers. They have a new CD, Lonely Tonight, with 8 originals from within the group, plus covers of Jonathan Edwards' How Long Have

Mountain Fever Records has released a very advance single from a Christmas-themed album due in the Fall of 2013. It's a track from Volume Five, a new song from Jerry Salley called Getting Ready For A Baby. It's a lovely ballad telling

As a taste of what we'll be offering during our Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway later this month, here is a debut recipe from our co-host in the giveaway, The Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent. Starting December 14 and running through

Video from Punch Brothers' visit to the Conan show last night has been posted online. Watch as the boys power through Movement and Location, Chris Thile's ode to the slider tailing away.   The band has just embarked on a whirlwind tour, which

Spanish quartet Swing 42 has released a new album that mixes the traditions of bluegrass and manouche, the gypsy jazz style originated and popularized by Django Reinhardt in the 1930s. With tongue in cheek, they describe this hybrid sound as Gypsygrass and Blueswing. Déboucher