Author: John Lawless

Nonesuch has released a video preview for the first single from the upcoming Punch Brothers project. The new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, is set for release February 14 on both CD and vinyl LP, with a variety of pre-order specials

Steve Martin continues to take the banjo and bluegrass music to places it would likely not otherwise be found. On The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog on Tuesday, Martin used his position in the arts community to pay homage to Earl

This evening (1/17) marks the season debut of Justified on the FX television network. The show has been discussed several times at Bluegrass Today as its theme and soundtrack have incorporated bluegrass music since the program first launched in 2010. Prominent

Goat Rodeo Sessions, a stunning joint project from Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer, will be coming to a theater near you - via Fathom Events and the magic of simultaneous broadcast. A live show on Tuesday, January

Irish bluegrass singer and songwriter Niall Toner has signed with Pinecastle Records, with a new project set to coincide with Toner's US tour in the Fall of 2012. Niall made quite a bit of noise with his single, William Smith Monroe,

As we mentioned in our introductory piece on this topic last Wednesday, music sales figures for 2011 gave the record industry its first reason to smile in several years - even if only Mona Lisa-style. After many years of steady

Rural Rhythm has released a debut music video from The Touch of Time, the upcoming CD by Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, due January 31 on Rural Rhythm. It's a clever performance video with animation added for the song My Baby

We have written in the past about the fundraising difficulties experienced by Song Of The Mountains, the popular live performance bluegrass show broadcast on dozens of PBS television affiliates across the US. The show is a hit with fans of

Longtime McCormick Brothers fiddler Dewel Bullington passed away on January 9 at the age of 78. He had spent 55 years working with the McCormicks, with whom he had become a dear and cherished friend. This brief tribute was published on the McCormick

Good news has been in short supply for the recorded music industry since the turn of the century. With retailers closing up shop and digital distribution (legal and illegal) eating into label revenues for more than a decade, crying the