Author: John Lawless

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

Last week we shared the wonderful news that Herschel Sizemore had come through his cancer treatment with a clean bill of health. His wife, Joyce, is still undergoing treatment for breast cancer - as is one of their two daughters. The

The nominees for the 38th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America have been announced, and are listed online. Winners will be announced at the SPBGMA awards show held in Nashville over the first

Mountain Heart performed in Augusta, GA on Friday evening, along with special guests Terry Baucom and Tony Rice. On these shows, the material tends to focus on Rice's rich catalog of music, as this video attests. It has Barry Abernathy taking

Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys felt the effects of the winter weather in the upper midwest early this morning while traveling through Indiana on the way to a last minute booking in Michigan. They encountered a patch of ice