Author: John Lawless

  • Dierks loves him some banjo

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    We've written many times on Bluegrass Today about country star Dierks Bentley's love for bluegrass music. Even before the release of his 2010 bluegrass album, Up On The Ridge, Bentley had recorded and performed with The Grascals, and shared the

  • Walk Away video from Steel Wheels

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    The Steel Wheels have released a couple of live videos of songs that will be included in their next album, No More Rain, due April 12. Like their previous albums, this next features their trademark mix of traditional mountain and old

  • Audie and the boys on WAMU

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    Audie Blaylock and Redline will be making at stop in Washington, DC on Friday morning to perform live on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. They'll be on with Katy Daley at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) to pick and sing. The show can be heard

  • Brett Smeltzer back to Stoney Creek

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    West Virginia's Stoney Creek has announced the return of Brett Smeltzer to the band on mandolin and vocals. He had left the group in 2012 after 4 years of service to launch the Bluegrass Retrospect radio program online. The show airs each

  • Job opening at IBMA

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    The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced a job opening, necessitated by the imminent departure of long time staffer, Jill Crabtree. Resumes are being accepted now (through April 15) for the position of Convention & Membership Services Director. They can be delivered

  • Tony Rice monel strings from Martin

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    Here's another new product from CF Martin introduced earlier this year at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. After many years endorsing strings from other manufacturers, Tony Rice now has a signature set from Martin. He has long favored strings

  • New single from Terry Baucom

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    Banjo man Terry Baucom has a new album coming soon on the John Boy & Billy label. Like his 2011 project, In A Groove, this as yet unnamed record will feature Bauc on the five along with an all-star cast

  • Kalamazoo Gals

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    A new book released in January, Kalamazoo Gals, ties together several threads of mid-20th century Americana, bound together by the women who kept the Gibson guitar factory staffed during World War II. It was written by John Thomas, inspired by a

  • Jim VanCleve heading back home

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    Jim VanCleve, Mountain Heart fiddler and busy Nashville session player/producer, is set to return home today from his weekend stay at the Vanderbilt Medical Center. He had been hospitalized on Friday after his white blood count plunged to a dangerous level