• Niall Toner at IBMA

    Irish bluegrass singer/songwriter Niall Toner joined us for a chat during World of Bluegrass last month in Nashville. He was here in the US for IBMA week, and to perform a number of shows in conjunction with the release of

  • Songwriter to Songwriter: Dawn Kenney

    David Morris took the opportunity of IBMA week in Nashville to conduct this interview with Dawn Kenney, whose song Sing Me Home will be performed at Carnegie Hall in November. That song is the title track of her recently-released album, and

  • Nu-Blu at IBMA – and on WNCW

    We had a nice chat last Saturday afternoon with Daniel and Carolyn Routh of Nu-Blu during Fan Fest in Nashville. They talked about their new short-form Gospel CD, Nail by Nail, due from Pinecastle on October 30, the debut single, Martha

  • Songwriter to Songwriter – Rick Lang

    Here is David Morris discussing songwriting with Rick Lang at World of Bluegrass last week in Nashville. Though he had tracks placed previously, Rick came to the attention of the wider bluegrass world with his Look To The Light CD, released

  • Larry Sparks at IBMA

    The indisputable highlight for me during Fan Fest last weekend was getting to visit with the great Larry Sparks. A bluegrass institution of long standing, Larry and his band did a powerful set on the main stage, and then he

  • Only at World of Bluegrass

    We have a wealth of material still to come from last week's World of Bluegrass and Fan Fest in Nashville, which has not yet been published due to the return travel and post-IBMA recovery needs of your humble editor. There are

  • Songwriter to Songwriter: Missy Armstrong

    Last week during World of Bluegrass, David Morris caught up with Missy Armstrong, lead vocalist and one of two primary songwriters with Michigan's fast-rising Detour. As part of David's Songwriter to Songwriter series, they talked about how she wrote the song Lovin'

  • Big news from Grasstowne

    Not long ago we posted news that Justin Jenkins would be leaving Grasstowne to join up with American Drive, the newly-formed band built by the members of J.D. Crowe & the New South. Justin and Grasstowne bandleader Alan Bibey spoke with us

  • Steve Martin and Mark Johnson at IBMA

    Just before we kicked off the Red Carpet interviews last Thursday at World of Bluegrass, Steve Martin stopped by with Mark Johnson, the 2012 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music. This new annual prize