• John Miller, consummate sideman, passes

    John Miller could do just about anything when it came to bluegrass. He played guitar, mandolin, and upright bass. He sang lead and harmony parts. He arranged, produced, and wrote. And much of the time he did it while fighting cancer

  • Jesse Brock introduces Mainline Express

    After five years as a trusted member of The Gibson Brothers, mandolinist Jesse Brock has emerged with a new group, formed with three of his longtime friends. Mainline Express features Brock on mandolin, John Miller on guitar, Gary Filgate on banjo,

  • John Miller Returns to the Stage

    John Miller is back in action after a four-month absence to battle tongue cancer. Miller’s emotional return to the stage came Saturday night when The Travelers played at the Lucketts, Va., community center. If Miller hadn’t talked about his illness from

  • Smilin’ Dave gets shorn

    Today was the day! Songwriter, Bluegrass Today correspondent, and noted bluegrass bon vivant David Morris went under the knife... or I should say, the clippers... in honor of bluegrass buddy John Miller, who is now completing the last of his treatments for tongue

  • An Update on John Miller

    Bluegrass picker and songwriter John Miller still needs our help. Miller, who plays with The Travelers and the Eastman String Band, is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for tongue cancer, and is unable to work. John has a few weeks of

  • John Miller to do battle with cancer

    John Miller has been playing and singing bluegrass since he was old enough to hold a guitar in East Tennessee. Living now in Christiansburg, VA, he's done stints with Bill Emerson, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and Tim & Savannah Finch in

  • Win a free guitar from Eastman

    Eastman Guitars is giving away 40 of their AC-420 dreadnoughts, and all you have to do to win is go check one out and fill out a brief survey. Each of their 40 dealers in the US has one of these