Author: John Lawless

Recording King introduced a pair of flat top, steel string guitars at last week's NAMM show in California. Their new Greenwich Village model is designed to offer hybrid styling and features - a 13 fret, dreadnaught scale on a deeper, smaller

Maryland's Jay Armsworthy will dedicate his weekly radio show, Bluegrass On The Bay, to the 10th Anniversary of of the Coen brothers movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou. If you haven't picked up the Deluxe Edition 2 CD, 10th Anniversary edition of the

Marty Raybon is going at full speed. Just over a year after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, he has two new albums coming out, with a full tour schedule planned for 2012. His album of contemporary Christian music, Hand To The

Rebel Records has February 28th set as the release date for their latest album from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers. It's a long title, Lost Souls & Free Spirits: The Rebel Collection Old & New, but it accurately describes what

Infamous Stringdusters reso-man Andy Hall has been announced as the newest member of the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass faculty. His new site, The School Of Dobro with Andy Hall is live now and accepting students. It will follow the same format as

Here's a second video preview from the upcoming Punch Brothers CD, Who's Feeling Young Now, due from Nonesuch on February 14. This one is for the song, Clara, which again shows Chris Thile and his merry band experimenting with the use

Got a small child in the house who likes to play with your iPad? The folks at Whynoceros Apps have developed a fun game for youngsters called Barnyard Bluegrass. Like most such apps, it seeks to both educate and entertain, and

Pinecastle Music has announced that Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show have signed with the label, and will release a new CD, Take Me Back, by late Spring. Shifflett goes way past a traditionalist approach with his music. Throwback might be the

Washburn introduced a new open-back banjo, the B-7, at last week's NAMM show in California. The pot consists of a cast aluminum shell, with 18 tension brackets. A full-scale mahogany neck with dot inlays in the rosewood board, and to-the-side tuners

Bearfoot spent last week in Owensboro, KY, where they will be this week as well, serving as Artists In Residence with the International Bluegrass Music Museum. During this time they will perform at 22 nearby elementary schools, giving the students