Author: John Lawless

Walking Distance – John Mailander

John Mailander is the latest bright light in the fiddle world to emerge from the Berklee College of Music in Boston,…

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Free Bluegrass Backing Tracks

Banjo player Simon Mitchinson has launched a new web site offering free backing tracks for bluegrass musicians who need a resource…

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Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music

Students of bluegrass, country and old time music are generally agreed that the Bristol Sessions in 1927 served as the Big…

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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley in January ’15

Compass Records has announced January 13, 2015 as the release date for Before The Sun Goes Down, the upcoming CD from…

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Gold Heart still going strong

When I ran into the Gold sisters at World of Bluegrass last month, I mentioned that I hadn’t seen much from…

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More changes within the IBMA Board

The IBMA Board of Directors will have some extra work on their hands coming up. On Friday (10/31), Craig Ferguson, the…

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Stuart Duncan live at the HOF

This weekend, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville will honor Stuart Duncan with a special presentation as…

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For The Sake of the Sound video from Front Country

Front Country has a new music video which shows why this young group has been gobbling up critical acclaim all across…

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The Day The Banjo Dies from Roni Stoneman

Roni Stoneman has released a single from her upcoming bluegrass album, which answers the autobiographical question, “Have you ever thought about…

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Talking Newtown with Kati and Jr.

Earlier this month we caught up with Jr. Williams and Kati Penn Williams of NewTown to talk about their current album,…

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