Author: John Lawless

Two big bluegrass shows are scheduled for the next two days on Blue Plate Special, WDVX's live performance program out of Knoxville, TN. Lonesome River Band will be featured on today's (12/2) edition of the show, with Kenny & Amanda Smith

Our Bluegrass Today monthly airplay chart for December has been posted, reporting spins for the month of November on bluegrass radio. It shows strong chart action for newcomers and long-time stalwarts alike. Here's a quick look at the Top 10: Junior Sisk

More great bluegrass Christmas music from the now-famous Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. The picking' Mizzone boys have laid down a version of Jingle Bells using licks and phrases first popularized when their great-grandparents were young. It is available for sale online

The banjo/fiddle duet holds an iconic place in the history and development of bluegrass music. From the earliest days of Appalachian string music, a fiddle and a banjo was enough to set folks dancing, and as the style has evolved

Sierra Hull has shared a few of the photos she took last Monday when she appeared at the White House in Washington, DC with Alison Krauss. Hull was selected, along with Dan Tyminski, to accompany Alison on the show, a

David Robinson is set to become the new banjo player with Monroe Crossing, among the most popular and well-traveled bluegrass bands in the mid-West. He takes up the mantle from Benji Flaming, who recently announced his intention to move on and

Roger Martin has joined The Carolina Travelers, a venerable band from Winston-Salem, NC, on mandolin. He had worked previously with The Misty Valley Boys, Roustabouts, and just recently Roger Handy and Southern Depot. He takes the spot vacated by Tim Frye, who had spent the

Alan Munde is back home after undergoing an emergency quintuple bypass last Tuesday (11/22). He was resting when I called just a few minutes ago, but his wife Kitty shared a few details for Alan's many fans and friends worldwide. "We brought

The Tennessean had a story over the weekend indicating that Gibson Guitar is taking its ongoing battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Federal Court. Twice in the past two years, armed agents have raided the Gibson facilities in Nashville

We've posted once before about Red Roots, a bluegrass Gospel trio consisting of Nicole, Nika and Natalie Taylor, identical, red-headed triplets from near the gulf coast of Mississippi. The girls have a new, long-form video for their song, Double Wide Church,