Author: John Lawless

Heading into IBMA week, and our big Red Carpet pre-show event next Thursday at 7:45 p.m. (EDT), it seems like a good time to settle one of the most compelling debates in all of bluegrass music. Not acoustic v.s. electric bass,

Jim Lauderdale is set to release his 21st recording on September 25, a new bluegrass album called Carolina Moonrise. Like his previous grass projects, Jim has again teamed up with Randy Kohrs, who produced and engineered, and also provided reso-guitar. And like

Grasstowne has announced that they will henceforth be represented by the Andrea Roberts Agency. Band leader Alan Bibey had been managing their dates, but told us that with their 2013 schedule picking up, he wants to turn booking over to someone

We have learned that the visibility of bluegrass music will be even more prominent than we had originally reported at this Sunday's NFL contest between the Tennessee Titans and the Detroit Lions. In addition to the Del McCoury Band singing the national anthem

Rebel Records has three compilation CDs set for an October 16 release. One is a collection of songs from the two albums that Claire Lynch & Front Porch String Band did for the label back in the '80s, and the

The Roys and their talented road band made the rounds of the morning shows in New York City this weekend, appearing on both This Morning Saturday on CBS, and Fox & Friends on Sunday. Their big weekend started on Friday where

While visiting a few weeks ago at West Virginia's Pickin' in the Panhandle festival, we had the occasion to speak with James Reams about his upcoming film project, Making History with Pioneers of Bluegrass. James has dedicated almost ten years to compiling

Bluegrass Today is delighted to premiere the music video for Don't Try To Be Anyone Else from The Bankesters, released today. The song, by Dan Murph and Lisa Shaffer, is included on their latest CD, Looking Forward, and features three Bankesters sisters in turn, singing

Well, it's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the baseball playoffs are looming, and football is in full swing. The kids are back in school, our gardens are drying up, and the bluegrass world is making

The Mast Farm Inn and Bluegrass Today are delighted to announce a premiere screening of Generation Bluegrass during Fan Fest in Nashville on Friday, September 28. As you might guess from the title, the film is focused on young bluegrass musicians, and is