Author: John Lawless

Apparently, I was mistaken in suggesting that Sunday's ROMP photo gallery would be our last. Woody Edwards sent one more on Monday after he recovered from the festival.

Radio legend and WAMU's Bluegrass Country host Tom "Cat" Reeder will be memorialized twice on the air today. At  noon on Bluegrass Country, and again at 9:00 p.m. (EDT) on WAMU FM, the station will air Bye Bye Darling, a tribute

Darin & Brooke Aldridge have signed with Class Act Entertainment for exclusive booking representation. They join such distinguished bluegrass acts as The Boxcars, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Red Wine and The Hillbenders with the agency. The Aldridges tour with a

Banjo wizard Noam Pikelny has posted a video from his ongoing tour in support of his current album, Beat The Devil and Carry a Rail. The video is for his original banjo tune, Manchicken, found on his 2004 CD, In The

A debut music video has been released for Waves, from Stetson & Cia, the Americana duo of Stetson Adkisson and Cia Cherryholmes. The track is a new stand-alone single, following up their recent, self-titled album. Both are accomplished singers and songwriters, with

Here is one last batch of images Woody Edwards captured at ROMP 2012. Follow this link to see the others.  

We have learned that Tom "Cat" Reeder, veteran broadcaster and member of the Country Music Broadcasters Hall of Fame, died earlier today. Reeder was one of the most celebrated radio personalities in the US, based in the Maryland, Washington, DC area

Here's a photo essay from the second sweltering day at ROMP 2012.

Terry Herd took refuge yesterday afternoon in the Lonesome River Band bus during the afternoon heat at ROMP, and captured this interview with Sammy Shelor. Big Sam talked about the second volume of LRB's Anthology album, due July 2, which features

This week our poll asks about our readers' participation in the music. Specifically, which bluegrass instruments do you play? We're not asking how well you play, or at what level. Just whether. You can choose as many instruments as you play -