Author: John Lawless

A new live performance video is available from Sarah Jarosz's visit to the UK this summer to perform at the 2011 Americana Festival in Newcastle. It was shot by the folks at Amber, a Newcastle film and photographic archive and

We just got an update from the Larry Stephenson Band, who have been hard at work this week at the Compass Records studio tracking for their next project, coincidentally set for release on Compass in 2012. With Larry was his current

Pert Near Sandstone is a string band from Minnesota's Twin Cities who play a raucous blend of bluegrass and old time music. Their fourth CD, Paradise Hop, is due November 15 as an independent release. The band consists of Nate Sipe on mandolin

A very encouraging note from Phil Leadbetter... "I just finished my 6th round of chemo which will complete my cycle. I will have a PET Scan on Oct 24th. That will show where we are with the cancer. This will be

Valerie Smith has announced the departure of her long-time musical partner, Becky Buller. For the past decade Becky has played fiddle and banjo, provided lead and harmony vocals with Valerie's band, Liberty Pike, and both wrote and co-wrote much of the

A third sneak peek video is out in advance of the October 24 release of The Goat Rodeo Sessions. This superstar project features four renowned instrumentalists, each widely-acknowledged as among the finest to ever play their instruments. Chris Thile is on mandolin,

Another band that made some waves at IBMA 2011 is Della Mae, who not only played some solid music at several late night showcases, but helped smash a number of stereotypes along the way. They perform without a banjo, in complete

Dailey & Vincent are set to perform on tonight's (10/13) special Thursday edition of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. The Thursday show is billed as Opry Country Classics, bringing a number of long-time Opry favorites back to the show. Dailey &

Chris Jones, Sirius-XM radio personality, touring bluegrass singer/songwriter, and beloved Bluegrass Today columnist, has been hospitalized in Europe. He and his group, The Nightdrivers, had just concluded a European tour and Chris was preparing to depart for a flight home when

Our friend Ted Lehmann has posted a nice overview of the Keynote presentations offered during the 2011 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention in Nashville. In a break from the past, IBMA hosted a trio of Keynotes this year instead of just