Author: John Lawless

Popular old time/bluegrass group Dehlia Low has announced that they are coming off the road in 2012 to dedicate more time to new families. In a statement released this afternoon, the band indicates that the hectic schedule they endured last year

Bluegrass music... it's a powerful thing! Earlier this week we were talking about pop chanteuse Adele and her fondness for bluegrass music, and now there's word that animated dynamo The Simpsons has called on Alison Krauss & Union Station to provide

The Dennis Cove Band has just released their second recording, carrying the utilitarian title Dennis Cove Band Volume II. In case you're wondering, Dennis Cove is an especially scenic portion of East Tennessee, and not the leader of the band. In fact,

Louisiana's Fabulous Bagasse Boyz have a decided flair for the theatrical, which shows up during their live shows, and is plainly evident in their newest music video. The song is It Took A Woman Like You To Make A Man Outta Me,

And we're not talking pizza, or anyone in the Corleone family. The International Bluegrass music Museum has announced a partnership with the H.L. Neblett Community Center in Owensboro for the Arnold Shultz String Music Project. Shultz was a musical contemporary of Bill Monroe,

Patrick Costello is nothing if not dedicated to music - banjo music in particular. We posted previously about his having learned to play despite a severe hearing loss suffered as a child, and then regaining his hearing after a successful surgical

Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man are Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Phil Rosenthal, Chris Stifel, Al Petteway and David Grier on guitar; Rickie Simpkins, Phil Bloch

And speaking of Punch Brothers... They are scheduled to appear on Wednesday's edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and will perform Movement and Location, the first single from their just-released Who's Feeling Young Now? project. The show airs February 15 on

Punch Brothers have released another brief video snippet from their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, available today from Nonesuch Records. This time it's the song New York City, with Chris Thile and the gang pictured in the studio. Perhaps all

In what is being hailed as a victory by traveling musicians in the US, the latest reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration has codified provisions that create a uniform national standard for musical instruments being treated as carry-on luggage. This legislation