Author: John Lawless

Here's another gallery of Tony Rice at Red, White and Bluegrass. He was accompanied by Terry Baucom and Mountain Heart. Dennis also sent a shot of Marty Raybon, and one of Gary Leonhardt, co-producer of the festival, presenting a plaque to

Phil Bankester took some photos last night at Red, White and Bluegrass, providing a nice contrast with the backstage shots that Dennis Jones is providing. Phil was at the festival performing with The Bankester Family, and grabbed these during Saturday night's

Dennis Jones has sent along quite a gallery of photos from his backstage perspective of Saturday's big show at the Red, White and Bluegrass festival in Morganton, NC. He also shared this bit of commentary on the air temperature... "It's so hot

Here are pictures from Friday at Red, White and Bluegrass, taken by Dennis Jones from his vantage point on stage. Dennis is serving as an M.C. at the festival, giving him a unique perspective not available to the average festival-goer. He

The pickin' Mizzone Brothers, also known as the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, have put up a few photos of their Tuesday appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. After one of their home videos went viral in June, a number

The Bankester Family has released their third self-produced album, The Bankesters. Phil Bankester, who manages and performs with his wife, three daughters, and one son-in-law, tells us that this new project represents a couple of major milestones for the group. Not

Seeing news about our photo coverage of the Red, White and Bluegrass festival prompted a note from Chris Jones and the Night Drivers as they were headed to Morganton yesterday for their fourth consecutive year of teaching and performing at

We have learned of the passing of Benton Flippen earlier this week. He died on Tuesday (June 28) at the age of 90. Flippen was a noted old time fiddler and banjo player in the north central area of North Carolina,

Our friend Dennis Jones, familiar to anyone who listens to North Carolina radio powerhouse WNCW over the air or online, will be using his position as an M.C. during this weekend's Red, White and Bluegrass festival to send us ongoing

I have on several occasions bemoaned the difficulty of trying to give a fair listen to all the new projects that appear in our mailbox, or increasingly, via digital press distribution. Plain fairness, and sound news judgement, requires that I