Author: John Lawless

Nightflyer's self-titled debut album is now available for sale. This new group is anchored by established pros Rick Hayes on mandolin and Richard Propps on guitar. They are joined by Ronnie Stewart on banjo, Tony Kakaris on bass and Tim Jackson on

Chris Henry has ambitious plans for the summer of 2012. He and his group, The Hardcore Grass, intend to record three albums in Nashville over the next few months. As he explains in his Kickstarter video below, they will cut one

Here's a fun video from DelFest, with The Del McCoury Band sharing the stage with Danny Paisley and Béla Fleck. Check out their soaring version of Can't You Hear Me Calling. That's some mighty fine pickin' and singin'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twD2YwCPXM8  

Now that John Cowan has signed up as the regular bass player with The Doobie Brothers, opportunities to catch his solo shops are rather limited. But tonight when the John Cowan Band performs at The Down Home in Johnson City,

As part of the promotion for their new CD release, Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers have posted a series of videos under the series title, Meet The Steeps. In the videos, each of the five Steeps receives a 4-5 minute opportunity

Mountain Heart lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Josh Shilling has released his debut solo effort, Letting Go, a self-produced 6-song, EP CD. Shilling readily admits that this isn't a bluegrass record, but more of a singer/songwriter album showcasing his bluesy roots. Prior

We have written a number of times about the four year degree in bluegrass which is now available at East Tennessee State University. The folks at ETSU are understandably proud of getting state approval for this degree program, and have

Balsam Range has posted a blooper reel from recent videos they have shot for their new fan site, Balsam Nation. If you are a fan of the band - or just get a kick out of video bloopers - you'll get

This brief post and photos are a contribution from Japanese bluegrass artist Kaz Inaba. He wrote to share news about his festival, The Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp. To American ears, that would sound like a workshop weekend, but KazCamp was a

We just heard from Steve Martin, who shared this announcement about his annual banjo prize: Last March, the board of The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass lost a founding member, the great Earl Scruggs. After brief deliberation,