Author: John Lawless

Last year, we posted about a lovely album from Missy Werner, called Drifting And Dreaming. Missy has a fine voice, and a great knack for choosing songs that suit her style. We've heard this week from Jon Weisberger, who is producing

Regarding the upcoming Chris Thile & Michael Daves duo project we mentioned yesterday... Nonesuch is giving away a free track in exchange for your email address, Chris and Micheal's frenetic take on My Little Girl In Tennessee, famously recorded previously by

Mountain Soul is a new young band based in Knoxville, TN. It's members have pretty solid resumes, showing time spent with The Grasshoppers, Lovell Sisters, Larkin Poe, Valerie Smith, Dixie Bee-Liners, Robinella and The Watkins Family. Daniel Kimbo plays bass, Jonathan

We have learned that Jake Jenkins, former banjo player with Karl Shiflett and the Big Country Show, was killed along with his parents in the crash of his classic 1946 Stinson 108 airplane in Dickens County, TX sometime on Sunday. Wreckage

The Grascals have been out of late in support of their current album, The Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin, which finds them teamed up with major country artists like Dolly Parton, Brad Paisely and Dierks Bentley.

Chris Thile has engendered minor controversy in the bluegrass community since he began to veer off the main road with Nickel Creek in 2002. Rightly celebrated as an enfant terrible in the '90s, Thile's unpredictable musical adventures often left his

Josh Swift, resonator guitarist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, celebrated a major event this week - the birth of his son. Here's his play-by-play. "On March 24th my wife, Tobi, gave birth to our first child, Cager Glynn Swift. Up

Adventurous acoustic/alt-grassers Milk Drive are set to release The Road From Home, their first studio album, on April 5. This young Austin-based band includes Noah Jeffries on guitar, Dennis Ludiker on mandolin, Brian Beken on fiddle/vocals, and Matt Medford on bass.

Galax, VA has a long history in the development and preservation of bluegrass and old time music. The annual Old Fiddlers Convention held there each year since 1936 draws thousands every year to jam, socialize and compete for the coveted

We heard last night from Bessie Reeder, who with her husband Scott has put on the Pickin' Time in Dixon festival over Labor Day weekend for 42 years. She tells us that theirs is the oldest bluegrass festival west of